Letter Playground Alphabet Experiment Taking Shape

I recently uploaded a series of uppercase letters in 2 styles at Letter Playground. All the letters have been quick sketch studies at low resolution with a lot of opportunity to experiment. Playing with ideas and style concepts always leads to something good.

The cap "I" letter upload last night was rendered is a much cleaner style than the rough sketch versions. After rendering a letter this way I now want to create a complete uppercase alphabet in this style. I plan to use shapes of jewelry and fountain pens with a lot of bright toy colors when designing the letters.

Gotta be Bad to be Good

Gotta Be Bad to be Good is a freeform script style I have been developing for the past few years. This style is a loose mix of upper and lowercase letterforms. When the piece was only 3 words it needed more interest and was changed into a play on words. After getting the rhythm and flow worked out for Gotta be Bad to be Good I decided to change the visual read to something a bit more complex with flourishes and swirls. The final result is quite different than the initial sketch and definitely more interesting to view.

You Call the Shots

Another quick wrist script exercise with a Lamy calligraphy pen on graph paper. I made the strokes thicker with a Sharpie marker and scanned the lettering for use as a template.