Lettering: Lemon

A look at the process of creating this lettering for “Lemon.”

While researching how citrus fit into the Rococo aesthetic, I found out that Versailles had a garden of orange and lemon trees. I love thinking about color in terms of temperature; after trying some cooler yellow palettes, I knew I wanted to bring more golds into this piece. You can see the original sketch below.

Inking the sketched design.

Here are a few more pieces from my lettering portfolio:

Dreamy Lettering

I loved making this piece of lettering! I was sitting at Subculture Coffee under some beautiful lights, and things definitely felt dreamy!

1. First, I sketched out the letterforms and added ink: 

Hand-lettering for the word "dreamy."

2. Then, I added color! I love this bright blue. I think it feels like Diana from Anne of Green Gables.

Happy Easter!

Here's some lettering I recently made. I drew it in my sketchbook in pencil first, and then used a tortillon to blend and shade the graphite.

I'm thinking of adding color digitally. What color should I do?