I made this bookmark for @curiousfae in the bookmark swap.
I was pretty happy with how the drawing turned out. It was based on a tattoo I saw.
Personally, I think my partner’s lettering skills are phenomenal. But she said she wanted to learn how I lettered the bookmark, so here’s a quick and dirty, mini tutorial.
I start by laying out the space where I want the lettering to go.
In this case, I wanted to center the lettering so I found the midpoint.
Then I worked out where the center would be for the phrase I wanted to letter.
Roughing in the letters.
Adding flourishes
Inking main lettering
Crossing and dotting
Then you just erase all your pencil lines.
This was done a lot larger than I’d normally do it. Here’s a sample in the scale I’m most comfortable with:
I’m confident that @curiousfae would take this process and create an amazing new art form with it!!
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steiconi
(textile junkie)
April 22, 2023, 5:24pm
#2
Cool tute,thanks!
I never thought to add the flourishes to plain letters, great technique!
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endymion
(Pam 🇺🇸 (she/her))
April 22, 2023, 6:50pm
#3
Beautiful bookmark; that eye is amazing! Thanks also for the tute.
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Cindy
April 22, 2023, 11:13pm
#5
Thanks for the lettering tute, I’ve wondered if you could pencil in first and then erase but was always scared to try it and have everything smudge.
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Just make sure that your ink is dry, that’s all.
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A bookmark like this might make me stop reading more often! And thanks for including the tutorial for lettering!
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Abbeeroad
(Abbie - she/her)
April 24, 2023, 3:01pm
#8
What a magical book mark! That eye is stunning. Thank you so much for demystifying lettering a bit…your results are fantastic!
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Magpie
(Straight, not narrow 🏳️🌈 🇨🇦 🌎)
May 5, 2023, 2:52am
#10
Looks really good, nice spark of life in that eye.
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