( Read more... )Most of these were lettered in Lamy Vibrant Pink ink (the exceptions are obvious). They got a little yellower in color correction than they look IRL.
( Read more... )Most of these were lettered in Lamy Vibrant Pink ink (the exceptions are obvious). They got a little yellower in color correction than they look IRL.
This isn't what happened when we bought the shelves for our kitchen... instead we put them up even though they are designed so it is basically impossible to put in one of the screws. But we will NEVER buy another object that needs, apparently, an around-the-corner screwdriver again.
We also emptied a bookshelf yesterday and found this tiny notebook down the side of an apple crate full of photographs:
MIKEY WAY MAKES HIS SECRET NIGHTLY PILGRIMAGE is on the first page, and it's the only thing in the notebook. It's my drawing, but there's no signature or date, either. No clue what was behind this.
We also emptied a bookshelf yesterday and found this tiny notebook down the side of an apple crate full of photographs:
MIKEY WAY MAKES HIS SECRET NIGHTLY PILGRIMAGE is on the first page, and it's the only thing in the notebook. It's my drawing, but there's no signature or date, either. No clue what was behind this.
Wax and I have been collecting a quote of the month each month since 2011 I think. Usually these were things we laughed about or said repeatedly to each other while browsing the internet side by side; they arose verbally, is the key. Well, for almost all of 2023 we have been cat divorced: that is, hanging out in two separate rooms to babysit two separate cats who can't be together but get lonely if they don't have people with them. This has altered a lot of our habits and prevented us from remembering to pick quotes of the month.
But another thing that happened this year was that I bought a Hobonichi Techo planner, a Japanese planner brand that seems to have a cult following around the world. I needed a calendar for work, and I bought this brand because it's printed on Tomoe River Paper, one of the best papers for fountain pen writing in the world. The Techo planners have a quote of the day in them, but they're not at all like what a western person would expect from quotes of the day - sometimes they actually are quite wise, other times interesting, but in general they're often hilariously weird choices.![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
perhael and I have had a regular bonding ritual laughing about these quotations together, so much so that this year I bought the same planner to make sure I'd still have them.
So when I realized on the 31st that I didn't have quotes of the month to post,waxjism and I went through my planner and picked a Weirdest Quote of the Day of the Month for each month. They were too long to letter like I've done the past few years, so they're in calligraphy instead. (Lettering is where you draw the letters. Calligraphy is more like writing, but just fancy, with stroke order and letterform rules to follow, although I find it more fun to bend the rules and combine styles.)
2022 Quotes of the Month, as well as all previous years
( 'Quotes of the Day' of the Month from the Hobonichi Techo 2023 )
Sample calligraphy:
( The Rest )
But another thing that happened this year was that I bought a Hobonichi Techo planner, a Japanese planner brand that seems to have a cult following around the world. I needed a calendar for work, and I bought this brand because it's printed on Tomoe River Paper, one of the best papers for fountain pen writing in the world. The Techo planners have a quote of the day in them, but they're not at all like what a western person would expect from quotes of the day - sometimes they actually are quite wise, other times interesting, but in general they're often hilariously weird choices.
perhael and I have had a regular bonding ritual laughing about these quotations together, so much so that this year I bought the same planner to make sure I'd still have them. So when I realized on the 31st that I didn't have quotes of the month to post,
waxjism and I went through my planner and picked a Weirdest Quote of the Day of the Month for each month. They were too long to letter like I've done the past few years, so they're in calligraphy instead. (Lettering is where you draw the letters. Calligraphy is more like writing, but just fancy, with stroke order and letterform rules to follow, although I find it more fun to bend the rules and combine styles.)2022 Quotes of the Month, as well as all previous years
( 'Quotes of the Day' of the Month from the Hobonichi Techo 2023 )
Sample calligraphy:
( The Rest )
(if it ain't got that swing)
10 Oct 2022 10:04 pmI drew this design because I wanted it on a shirt like a year ago but I only got around to actually ordering it on a shirt a couple weeks ago!
This standard, composed by the great Duke Ellington, is almost 100 years old.
(The design is on RedBubble.)
This standard, composed by the great Duke Ellington, is almost 100 years old.
(The design is on RedBubble.)
This is what I did while we were rewatching, by the way. I should probably have been knitting instead, but I'm in love with the limited edition olive Sport and matching Herbin Empire Green [a review because product listings never have adequate photos] ink cartridges I got myself last holiday season. Anyway, here they all are!
Saw something about native Tumblr memes and popular Tumblr memes and did a lot of lettering. (These aren't all native to Tumblr, but they've all been popular there.)
