calligraphy

I was inspired to try my hand at some calligraphy after watching this video (over and over and over again) by Heidi Sorensen. She makes it look so easy!

I have a couple quill pens and lots of India ink so I gave it a try. It's really difficult, and I wasn't so much "drawing" the lines and curves as I was pressing really hard and etching them into the paper. I think my most successful attempt is that nonsense word in the last photo. The spacing feels god to me. My biggest issue (besides just not being good at it) was running out of ink and/or having too much ink on the nib. It's definitely a learned skill! I hope to improve on it.

My problem is I have way too many creative endeavors I want to do. Graphic design, illustration, animation, interactive design, textile design, hand lettering, calligraphy...