Hello! Today we are going to talk about how you can use your hand lettering skills to achieve different things and possibly make some money. All of these possibilities are fun ideas that you may want to give a shot. Some may require lots of extra work, and others are simple things that you can do for yourself and others. That being said lets get to it!

The first idea we have for you is something that has been really popular lately and is a great way to get your life organized. Bullet journaling is an awesome planning system that is totally customizable! Whether you’re really artsy or not, bullet journaling can meet your needs very simply. All you need to start is a journal (normally a dot grid journal) and a pen! If you don’t know what a bullet journal is or how the system works, we would definitely recommend checking out some YouTube videos so you can find how the system can best conform to your needs.

Our second idea kinda tags along to the previous thing we just talked about and may cater to the more professional hand letterers out there. If you are into bullet journaling or love to make pieces of art with your hand lettering skills then you may consider starting your own YouTube channel. This could be a great way to show other people your skills and maybe help them as they attempt journaling or hand lettering for themselves. Along with this you could start a blog that could associate with your channel or if you don’t like being in front of a camera, then this might be a similar and less nerve wracking option. Depending on how far you want to take things, you could start selling your artwork or even designing your own merch. These things would definitely require your hand lettering to be professional and with hard work and practice, you could achieve these things if that’s what you wanted.

And that’s it! We hope you enjoyed reading this post and maybe were inspired or have some new things to check out. Thank you for reading!

Hello and welcome to our first blog post! In this blog we will be talking about the basics of hand lettering and the simple materials you may need. If you are a beginner to hand lettering then this is a good place to start. First off, lets talk about the materials you may need. Materials needed to start are a brush pen, paper, and a pencil. You could also use a fountain pen, but in this post we will be specifically talking about brush pen calligraphy. Now lets talk about x height, ascenders, and descenders. Below we have inserted a picture that explains what these terms mean. The x height is the normal size of a lowercase letter and some examples of x height letters would be, a, c, e, o and etc. Ascending letters go above the x height and some examples of this are h, k, f, l, and etc. Descending letters are just the opposite of ascending letters, so instead of rising above the x height, they have a tail that goes below it instead. Some examples of descenders would be y, z, g, p, and etc.

Now that you’ve learned all about x height, lets talk about the baseline of you lettering. This is very essential to your hand lettering style. For example, you can change up the base line and instead of all the letters following a straight line, you can cause your letters to go up or down creating a cool effect. The picture below shows different examples of more subtle and exaggerated ways of doing this.

Great! Now let’s talk about how to actually create the cool calligraphy effect with your brush pen. First of all, you need to understand what down strokes and up strokes are. Up strokes are the part of the letter where you drag you pencil/pen up and down strokes are the parts of the letter where you drag you pencil/pen down. Your brush pen is specially made to have a flexible paintbrush like tip that enables you to use different amounts of pressure to create cool effects and the way you create this effect is very simple. Just drag the tip of your pen lightly upwards on your upstrokes applying little to no pressure to create a thin line, and on your down strokes, press down with the side of your brush pen to create a thicker and bolder line. And there you go! That’s how to achieve brush pen calligraphy. The chart below shows all of the strokes you will need to form your letters, but the main thing you must remember is to lightly drag up on your up strokes, and press down hard on your down strokes.

And that’s it! You’ve just learned the basics of brush pen calligraphy! The most important thing to remember is practice makes perfect. Don’t get frustrated with yourself if you don’t succeed the first time, just keep trying and you will get the hang of it and develop your own hand lettering style! We hope this blog helped you and gave you the information you needed. Thank you for reading!