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General Categories => Design & Layout => Topic started by: Erica McPhee on January 01, 2015, 02:50:15 AM
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Hello Flourish Friends! We have a new board! In celebration, I created this mini-tutorial (PDF attached for download below) to help explain design principles and how they apply to creating a calligraphy piece. Enjoy and as always, let me know if you have any questions.
Also, I highly recommend these design resources (affiliate links):
Before & After Design magazine (http://www.bamagazine.com/)
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Here it is as a JPG.
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Hi Erica,
thank you so much. That's great ;)
Enjoy your new Years Day.
Best regards,
Jenny
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Thanks, Erica! That is super helpful!!
Janis
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Awesome!!! Thank you! This is going to become the place I learn a LOT!
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Thank you Erica! This is a treasured gift. I am flourishing because of this forum. :)
Kim
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Erica,
Thank you for your helpful post with .pdf guide and the list of books! Exactly what I was looking for to guide me as I take calligraphy from letter form practice to projects. Thanks so much and Happy New Year!
Best,
Matt
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Wow, Erica, this is awesome!!! I am so excited to practice this stuff. But first, to the paper store I go! Woo hoo! (new year, New budget, right?)
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Thanks, Erica! Happy New Year to you! :)
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Thank you Erica - now I know what I've been doing wrong
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Erica, your design guide is so helpful & very much appreciated! Happy 2015 to you & the entire Flourish community.
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This is so helpful and I truly appreciate this. I can't wait to be on this forum more this year!
Happy New Year everyone!
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thank you erica! as always, you're super helpful :)
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thank you, this is awesome :)
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Another tip when you are designing a piece that is to be framed.
If you are not going to have a custom frame, it is wise to have a selection of standard sized mats.
You may want to adjust your layout so that it fits nicely within the dimensions of the opening.
Or if you do not want to have mats on hand, you may draw a pencil line for reference.
I like to do layouts on graph paper.
It helps to keep things in a grid, which is one of the tips on the PDF.
When doing commissioned pieces, it is wise to discuss the framing before you do the artwork.
You may ask clients with a modest budget to supply the mat and frame and then you can do the
artwork to suit the frame.
Most clients appreciate suggestions for frames and I like to steer them towards choices that I think will look best.
It is always sad to see a nice piece of art that has been stuck in the wrong frame
because somebody did not have a good eye for how to frame the piece.
Jean
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Excellent point Jean! And to be sure you are allowing enough white space around the design once it is matted and/or framed.
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Thank you Erica for the tutorial! And thank you Jean for the tips about framing, I am learning so much here! :)
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You're just the best lovely Erica! :D
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You're just the best lovely Erica! :D
Aww... I'm going to sleep with a smile on my face. :)
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Thank you so much Erica for the Tutorial!
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Super appreciate this pdf, Erica! Thank you. Learning the correct letterforms is a fun challenge and I really like it. But the ambiguity of "design" scares me. If all I ever wrote was letters on lined paper or addresses on envelopes I would be set ;). Ha ha. This is the year to learn more about proper design elements. Thank you for starting the year off properly for me!
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Hello Flourish Friends! We have a new board! In celebration, I created this mini-tutorial (PDF attached for download below) to help explain design principles and how they apply to creating a calligraphy piece. Enjoy and as always, let me know if you have any questions.
I just received THE NON DESIGNERS DESIGN BOOK - can't wait to read and practice!
Thanks for the tip
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Thank you Erica!!
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Thank you for this concise tutorial, Erica!
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Thanks for sharing this Erica!
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Thank you Erica--learning how to put everything together is so important, and this information will be so helpful.
Debbie I.
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I have just put your three recommended books on my Amazon wish list!
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Oh wow! Thanks so much for this, Erica!!! :-*
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Hello @Erica McPhee
Thanks for the resources.
Regards
Aman
Hello Flourish Friends! We have a new board! In celebration, I created this mini-tutorial (PDF attached for download below) to help explain design principles and how they apply to creating a calligraphy piece. Enjoy and as always, let me know if you have any questions.
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Really , it is very helpful hints .....Thanks