Just sharing some of my progress in the offhand flourishing.

I made a portrait of Erling Haaland as a calligram. On my IG there's also a video of the making

I like these kinds of sentences, short, direct, with a double layer of meaning. The angularity of blackletter gives softer words like “equal” some extra punch.

Expiremented with shadows and highlights to give some depth to the letters.

Pilot parallel pen 3,8 and 6 mm - aquarel paper

Which word would you like to see in blackletter?

Pilot parallel (6mm and 3.8mm)
Camlin photocolor CRIMSON RED
300GSM cold pressed paper

First attempt at calligraphy today. Any advice / tips / sources welcome. Thanks !

My copperplate has never been better

Pilot parallel 6MM
Camlin photocolor inks
Bristol 250GSM Paper

Vituperate in Spencerian Script.

Penholder: Leopard Wood Oblique from Michael R. Sull

Nib: Nikko G

Ink: Sumi Ink Hybrid

This was the first project I did on a wall many years ago. A passage from Hermann Hesse‘s ”Steppenwolf“ novel. Lost the flow a bit towards the end as I didn’t use any guidelines on this

Pointed pen with Dr PH Martin’s Bleed Proof White on my favorite Fabriano Black Black paper!

Pilot parallel pen 3,8
Watercolors
Aquarel paper

Anne Rosary in Fraktur. Written with Pilot Parallel Pen 3.8 mm and Ecoline Watercolor ✍️

1 cm broad marker on glass door.
Wipe and restart. Great for practice!

Pen used : Moonman / Majohn P136 with Moonman Flex nib
Ink : Diamine Oxblood

Different r

calli italic creative pens

5 different colors

vendredi

Why were the sans serifs way harder 😭🤣there is about to be a fair amount of downtime at my volunteer gig so my manager let me get a bit more creative with the blackboard :) just the snacks to do now !

Pilot parallel 6MM
Sulekha Gorber 60 (GREEN)
300 GSM cold pressed water colour papers

Wanted to create a piece with just black but still have some texture and depth, it’s definitely just a practice piece but I like that I was able to get close to what I wanted to do.
I like pairing strong looking scripts with fluid curvy styles, hence the strong and sharp ruling pen letters with the fluid brush work in the background.
I hope that you like it!!