#amesletteringguide

Old old picture of me squirreled away in the corner of Dad’s studio lettering comics ✍️✍️✍️ #papajoe #dccomics #marvelcomics #joekubert #amesletteringguide #nothingdigitalaboutit https://www.instagram.com/p/BxHhJAqgYec/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1reb7vdm6eaku

New pens! I'm gunna gab about new pens! I've been using faber-castell pens for a while, specifically the brush ones. They get worn down really quick and lose the fine point. I started finally using a dip pen a while back so I havn't needed the brush pens since, but I was kinda missing the simplicity of having a nice pen to play around with mess free. So I caved and got some micron pens for once. I see people use them all the time and swear by them, but I had only used some really tiny ones before that didn't fit anything I was doing. Had no idea they had brush ones too but this Graphic 1 pen has been a lot of fun especially. I also picked up some turquoise lead. I have some 'copy-not' non-photo blue pencils but they're pretty worn out and I feel like I have to press down a little too hard to get the definition I want. Either way this new leads been nice and smooth, but a lot harder to erase. Guess it doesn't matter too much for scanning. Also an Ames Lettering Guide. Only thing that fits the holes is some tiny lead from a mechanical pencil, which snaps off pretty quickly, but it is pretty handy.

Lettering demonstration I prepared for class in which I tell an imaginary story about using my Ames Lettering Guide everyday. I admitted to the students that this was a bald faced fib and I usually just eyeball my lettering, but it’s really a good and fun tool! I wish I really did use it every day. I bought another lettering tool stencil thing (made by man name of Alvin) and it has nothing on Ames. Make Mine Ames! #amesletteringguide #comics #lettering #comic #artist #cartoonist #cartoons #art #drawing #teaching #teacher #college #professor https://www.instagram.com/p/CGasOPMFwrM/?igshid=6jcnscjr15mt

Learning lettering ! #amesletteringguide #artschool #comics https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp4z4qsgKE5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=f5c98t4mimt1

Another of my #HooksHolders out in the calligraphy wilds 😊 This one's dec'd out in style though, black, white and gold always look so classy. Lookin good Heather 👌. Repost from @marcardincalligraphy : ・・・ CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! I’m officially participating in @moderncalligraphysummit’s month long #calligraphyportfoliochallenge to help light the fire under my ass to practice my novice copperplate skills with wedding vows. BIG thanks for this fun opportunity! Getting my soldiers of tools read’ta go! PS - my favorite mechanical pencil ever (since high school!) has always been @sakuraofamerica’s SumoGrip 0.5! #copperplatecalligraphy #calligraphy #marcardincalligraphy #luiscreations #drphmartincopperplategold #goldink #sakuraofamerica #amesletteringguide #paperinkarts

My entry for the One Page Comics show at @roqlarue curated by @xfortythreex - if you're in the Seattle area, check it out this Friday the 27th, it's going to be a great show #comics #porecleansing #stippling #sparkling #copic #amesletteringguide #aging #hypnosis #anime