Just a few hours after the previous letter, I felt motivated to draw this little sketch digitally. Usually the initial sketches are drawn here and there; be that in a lecture in my notebook, on a train in my little pocket sketchbook, or at a friends house on the back of an envelope while your waiting for a pizza. What I have noticed is that my motivation and drive to draw these letters and carry them through to a digital piece is growing more and more that I do them. I enjoy the process and since the letters are drawn absent mindedly here and there it does not seem a chore. But as I do more I have found they are looking to be up to a good standard. Typography has always been an interest of mine, and I started by learning how to set fonts and layouts, but drawing letterforms has always seemed daunting and an almost impossible task, but now I can see I am actually doing it, almost with surprising ease. It is this realisation that I am capable of doing it which strives me to keep going and improving. And now I find myself drawing original but realistic letterforms for fun as a way to get away from other work that is getting a bit much. So I have found myself caught up in a snowball effect where I am drawing more and more letters which improve with each one, plus I am loving the process.
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