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impulse bought some shiny ink at the craft store and it ended up being perfect for the lyrics from Take It Back by @bughuntermusic ! i’m hoping to make a larger piece from this song later but for now have this little thing
Decided to try my hand at animating some song lyrics!
Audio: The Squip Song - Be More Chill
[ID: a stop-motion style video, starting with a blank index card and a red pen. Words appear in red and dark blue lettering as the lyrics are sung. Geometric designs fill up blank spaces. By the end of the video, the index card is filled up.
Lyrics read: “Freshman year / I didn’t have a girlfriend or a clue. / I was a loser just like you. / Good times would only / soar by.” END ID]
Platonic love songs, part 2! Thanks to @overcaffeinated-aro for the song recommendation: Talk to Me by Cavetown!
[ID: a calligraphy piece covering a full sheet of off-white resumé paper. Written in dull gold ink, it reads: “We can talk here on the floor, on the phone if you’d prefer...” The words ‘floor’ and ‘prefer’ are larger and bolder than the rest. Around the text, detailed paisley designs in white ink fill up the empty spaces.]
The first in what will hopefully be a series of platonic love song calligraphy pieces!
Please send me song recs, these are hard to find! (Bonus points if the song is explicitly written for a friend or family member.)
[ID: song lyrics written out in purple and blue. It reads:
“From Poprocks & Coke - Green Day:
I don’t care if you don’t mind / I’ll be there, not far behind / I will dare, keep in mind / I’ll be there for you.”
The line “I’ll be there for you” is done in flourished calligraphy, the rest in all-caps lettering. The border is decorated with blue hearts and lightning bolts.]
A Limerick (my original poetry!)
When we did our poetry unit in creative writing, I often didn’t know what to write about... so I wrote about writing. Honestly, I’m pretty proud of it!
ID under the cut:
[ID: two images of the same poem in fancy, cursive-like calligraphy. The poem reads:
Some poets write verse ‘til they’re giddy
some think a haiku just sounds pretty
to broadcast my voice
my weapon of choice
is the limerick: simple and witty.
In the first image, the words have been embellished to vary the line weight. It bears more resemblance to traditional calligraphy. The words ‘voice’ and ‘weapon’ are colored with blue instead of black to make them stand out. The second image is the same poem without these embellishments. END ID]
Flourishing with Posca markers!
ID under the cut:
[ID: two pictures of brightly colored calligraphy. The first says “Equia” in orange ink. The capital E is elaborately flourished, and the rest of the word is decorated as well. The second picture shows three calligraphy pieces: “Anikka” in dark blue and purple, “Nitya” in light green and light blue, and “Lucy” in light and dark green. The last two are decorated with paisley patterns in their accent colors. END ID]
Calligraphy flourishing inspired by the Adventure Zone!
ID under the cut:
[ID: the name ‘Sloane’ is written with black ink. The letters are flourished elaborately, with long loopy lines extending from the S, L, N, and E. Together, these lines surround most of the word and fill the page around it. Finally, a small black wing is nestled in front of the ‘S’. END ID]
Pins for my writer friends!
ID under the cut:
[ID: two near-identical circular pins. They read: “novel in progress”. A loading bar, just over halfway full, divides the pins across the middle. The bar is colored red on one pin and purple on the other. The word ‘novel’ is written above the loading bar in fancy script; the other words are written below the bar in simple all-caps lettering. END ID]
Some positive brush pen lettering!
ID under the cut:
[ID: two pictures of calligraphy in a fun, bouncy font. The first reads “sunshine” in bright yellow lettering with a thin black outline. The word is all lowercase, and the dot over the i is a small sun. A yellow Faber-Castell marker is positioned under the words.
The second picture is of calligraphy in a similar style, this one in light blue ink and reading “have hope”. Accents have been added in much darker turquoise ink, down the left hand side of each letter, and the words are surrounded by small paisley-shaped doodles. END ID]
Fantasy name calligraphy! I decided to see what I could do with paper, a ruler, and any pens I could find around my house.
trying to be cool on instagram has me doing all sorts of ridiculous things... but I really want to get my art out there...
anyway, enjoy this calligraphy photoshoot
I haven't played Darkest Dungeon, but my friends keep quoting it! I thought that this one would make a nice calligraphy print.
Aro pride! You don’t need anyone else to complete you; you are already wonderful.
Index card calligraphy! I’m really proud of this one!
