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Coffee & Nib-bles / What do you collect?
« on: February 26, 2015, 12:08:21 PM »
If you have a collection of something, what is it?  Both calligraphy and not calligraphy collections.

Calligraphy collection: I guess I sort of collect ink, but that's really unintentional.  I think I just like to try new inks, and then they just accumulate.

Non-calligraphy collection: I've collected postcards since I was a kid.  I pick up at least 1 postcard from everywhere I travel, and often I will send myself postcards that journal my vacation.  For example, when I went to Turkey several years ago for a friend's wedding, I think I sent home (yes, to myself from me - I know it's a little strange...) 15-20 postcards.  I would buy postcards from the places I visited that day, and in the evening, I would use the backs of them to write about my day and all of the stuff we did.  Then I would have a journal of my vacation, as well as images from the things I saw, and the local postage which is always fun, the local postal cancellation and date.  My friends and family bring or send them to me from their vacations.  Sometimes they write on them and mail them.  Sometimes they just bring me a blank one.  I like hearing about the rest of the world, and I love getting postcards of the thing/monument/landscape/attraction/art/etc. that someone actually saw or visited, and I love when they write how they felt about it, or what that experience was like for them.

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Coffee & Nib-bles / What's the worst movie/film you've ever seen?
« on: February 08, 2015, 12:24:36 AM »
"Tusk"

My general sentiment after seeing this movie is "WHAT?!?!"  I honestly don't even know how this movie got made.  It's horrendous, and the premise is RIDICULOUS.  A radio personality is kidnapped and surgically turned into a WALRUS made of human skins.  I really don't have much else to say about it because it's so absurd, but it's not presented as a comedy or a horror film.  It's presented more like a dark drama.  HORRIBLE!!!

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Calligraphy Guilds / Texas, Fort Worth - Fort Worth Calligraphers Guild
« on: January 24, 2015, 09:47:17 PM »
Fort Worth, Texas - Fort Worth Calligraphers Guild

http://www.fortworthcalligraphersguild.com

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Dallas, Texas - Kaligrafos: The Dallas Calligraphy Society

http://www.kaligrafos.com/

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Coffee & Nib-bles / Miss Universe 2015 costumes!
« on: January 23, 2015, 11:17:04 PM »
Since we're such an international community, I thought it would be fun to see all of these international costumes from the Miss Universe 2015 pageant.  Some of these costumes are INSANELY beautiful.  Enjoy! 

http://m.imgur.com/a/5lzlA

If your country's costume means something specific about your country, please tell us what it signifies.

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Suggestions & Ideas / Pro Level for FF Members Only
« on: January 16, 2015, 11:38:24 PM »
Maybe ALL of "Pro Level" could be for FF members only.

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Tools & Supplies / Trello: Project Management Tool
« on: January 14, 2015, 01:08:27 AM »
I've been using a free, online project management tool called Trello, and I've been really pleased with it.  You can find it here: https://trello.com

How I use it (definitely not the only way that it can be used!):

I have established an Active Projects "board," as well as a Completed Projects board, and a Calendar board.


I have a list / column (sometimes called a "stack ") for each "phase" of a project, such as:
  • To Be Quoted
  • To Be Hired
  • To Be Calligraphed
  • To Be Printed
  • To Be Invoiced

I create what's called a "card" for each project.  You can put all sorts of information on the card - contact info, due date, checklists, comments, etc.  You can even upload photos to the card, which I do, so that my stacks are more visually appealing and descriptive at a glance.  I assign colored labels to each card to designate who the card "belongs" to, so that I know very quickly that the ball is in my court on something.  For example, if all of "my" cards have a purple label, then if a card is orange and it's in the Design stack, then I can know very quickly that the client is doing something, like assembling edits for a proof, or something.

On the Calendar board, each stack is a month of the year.  I can visually plan out projects in the future, even if they haven't started yet.

I think Trello is a very simple, yet extremely powerful, tool.  There's a little more that goes into Trello, but I wanted to throw it out there, in case anyone was interested or needed project management help.

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I just wanted to see the different cursive systems that have been taught to schoolchildren over time and around the world.  If possible, tell us how old you were or what year/decade you learned cursive, and where you were attending school (geographical location), and maybe what type of school you attended.  Please add an image of an exemplar if you can find one!

I'm pretty sure that the cursive system I learned in second grade (1985-1986) was the Palmer Method.  I was 8 years old.  I attended an all-girls, secular private school in Dallas, Texas at the time.  This is the closest exemplar I could find to the exact letter forms that we studied.  We did not learn alternate character forms for ending words.

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General How To's & Projects / Tutorial Request: Mixing Pearl Ex Ink
« on: November 11, 2014, 09:34:18 AM »
If someone is mixing Pearl Ex ink and has the ability and time, could you please post a little tutorial video of how you mix it?  I know how to mix a small amount of Pearl Ex into a different ink or gouache.  I'm more wondering about how to mix an ink whose color / pigment comes primarily from the Pearl Ex powder.  If you're mixing rose gold, that a huge bonus!   :D

Thank you in advance!!

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General How To's & Projects / Tutorial Request: FineTec
« on: November 11, 2014, 09:30:10 AM »
If someone is using FineTec and has the ability and time, could you please post a little tutorial video of how you use it?

Thank you in advance!

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Letter Pixels / Instagram Spam
« on: November 09, 2014, 10:18:11 PM »
Is anyone else getting Instagram spam followers who are pretty women wanting to live chat or strip for them?  I've just been blocking them, but there has been a massive uptick in the last two weeks.  Did I inadvertently type a hashtag with a double meaning?  Did Autocorrect change a calligraphy-oriented hashtag to something dirty?  Am I just really rocking it out with my lettering?  What did I do to bring such advances?  Hahahahahaha!!!!  ;D

Is anyone else dealing with this goofiness?

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Suggestions & Ideas / Calligraphy Wiki
« on: November 07, 2014, 11:39:36 PM »
It would be awesome if we had a calligraphy wiki that we could all contribute our knowledge to and grow over time.

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Letter Pixels / LinkedIn Connections
« on: October 08, 2014, 01:24:11 PM »
If anyone who is familiar with me and my work is interested in connecting on LinkedIn, I welcome the connection!  As I am trying to build my business, I could really use some endorsements for Calligraphy and Hand Lettering.  All of my endorsements are for my architecture and app design experience.  I'm hoping to get enough endorsements for Calligraphy and Hand Lettering that those skills move to the top.  If I am familiar with your calligraphy work, I will happily endorse you as well.  If you want to connect with me but not endorse, I'm happy with that, too!

My LinkedIn profile is here: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lyndsaywright

Thank you in advance to anyone who connects with me, and even bigger thanks to anyone who wants to endorse me on top of the connection!

Lyndsay

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Introductions / "Hey y'all!" from Dallas, Texas
« on: July 11, 2014, 11:12:36 PM »
Hi!  My name is Lyndsay Wright, and I live in Dallas, Texas.

I have always loved having a pen in my hand, ever since I was a kid, when I used to write lists of anything I could think of, just to give myself an excuse to write.  Writing has always been a fairly big part of my life, and I've always enjoyed making up new lettering and handwriting styles.  It took me a long time to figure out that I could do it professionally.

In 2006, I established my side business Lyndsay Wright Design as a graphic design studio, mostly designing wedding and party invitations, while I was getting my Master's in architecture.  I left architecture in 2012 to do user experience design on apps for  iPhone, iPad, and Android devices.  With my days so heavily spent staring at screens of all sorts, I started leaning away from the graphic design work, and focused on finding side jobs that were more-analog based, like addressing envelopes.

I enjoyed addressing envelopes so much that I decided to go deeper in that endeavor, and I enrolled in my first calligraphy class in January 2013.  After LOVING that class and eagerly taking four additional classes the same spring, I happily refocused my side business around calligraphy and hand lettering, because they speak to my heart more than the print design and layout work.  The physical movement involved in calligraphy and lettering is a zen, centering activity for me, and the more I focus on my lettering work, the more balanced I feel.

I have absolutely LOVED connecting with other calligraphers on this forum, and I love following you all on Instagram and seeing your work!  I practically live for participating in the calligraphy exchanges, and if anyone is looking for a pen pal, message me - I'm always happy to write!   :D

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