Need critique for improvement..

[Faeleia]

I think now you can work on making the letters have body, and not shaky, cos like when people fidgeting looks anxious, shaky letters look like they're scared. Have a sturdy stem and try to complete them without retouching. If you need more flexibility, use more flexible nib rather than fight your nib if it's too stiff. Lemme know if that works!

[syed sha abulhassan Quadr]

You are great.  Lovely 1 day surely I will  be giving  advices. 😊 but first time to learn alot alot and alot

[zygalski]

Very good thread.  It's inspirational to see such development.  Keep up the good work! 

[portia_hand]

This is a good thread! I think ovals really get the best of most people..haha! I hated it too.. I spent most of my practice and time and papers for the oval strokes...they're not even letters yet! 

Seeing your progress is just inspiring!

[prasad]

it's not a race!  it's a journey 

it was lead in stroke, oval,  stem stroke,  exit stroke,   then letters that are similar in shape like a,o  then l, h, b
then g, p, y,  etc.  you learn the basics of each letter then combine them.
start with only lower case,
ME

Been only practising the lead in Oval and connector stroke.  Then I found an article by Dr.Vitolo on symmetry of Ovals.  IN his explanation, if you cover the top half or the written word,  the bottom connecters and letters are all (mostly) Ovals and MUST be symmetrical.  Spent 6 weeks just trying this 
SO DIFFICULT 

If you need more flexibility, use more flexible nib rather than fight your nib if it's too stiff. Lemme know if that works!

Worked like a Charm  .  Still shaky but I think it's getting a little better

-Prasad

[prasad]

You are great.  Lovely 1 day surely I will  be giving  advices. 😊 but first time to learn alot alot and alot

Thanks so much Syed

Very good thread.  It's inspirational to see such development.  Keep up the good work! 

Thanks Zygalski.  Saw your work and you are really going along so WELL in such a short time.  Great stuff in your post too.

This is a good thread! I think ovals really get the best of most people..haha! I hated it too.. I spent most of my practice and time and papers for the oval strokes...they're not even letters yet! 

Seeing your progress is just inspiring!

Thanks Portia_hand
Saw your stuff and you have a really wonderful hand. 

-Prasad

[prasad]

HI all,
Latest bit of practise.  Like I said above, been practising just the basic letters and after a couple of sheets of individual letters, I join them a-z and a couple of sentences.

Please give me pointers for practise.
Things I noticed immediately and need to focus on:
1) still shaky but getting better at control
2) Have to write even slower.  Tend to miss the bottom guide in some letters.
3)  m,n,s not consistent.  I won't even go near the "x" 



-Prasad

[mary ellen]

very nice practice Prasad!  you are coming along,  now you need to be mindful of your spacing,  it seems that you really
want to write words and then you squeeze them in even if you are about to run out of room. 
try this practice write every letter with an "a" or an "o" in between,  that way you are not concentrating so
much on the forming of a word but on the letters and spacing.
so a line would look like this

a o b o c o d o e o etc

are you using guidelines?  I would definitely recommend printing out guidelines and doing the lettering directly on the guidelines,  that will help
with consistent letter height also.  try these http://shipbrook.net/guidelines/

have fun, you are doing really well!
ME

[Milonguera]

What a great thread--to see so many stages of progress is really encouraging and inspirational.  Mary Ellen your advice has been spot on.  Prasad, your "style" sense strikes me as whimsical from the beginning and I love it.  Seeing your own improvements like this must feel very gratifying. 

[AmyNeub]

Wow, Amazing, Great work! Practice Practice!!

[prasad]

very nice practice Prasad!  you are coming along,  you want to write words and then you squeeze them in even if you are about to run out of room. 
try this practice write every letter with an "a" or an "o" in between
 try these http://shipbrook.net/guidelines/

have fun, you are doing really well!
ME

Thanks ME. it's your advice and all the others in the forum that has kept me going.
I am using guides from that same site. But, use it under my writing sheet. Will practice as you mentioned.

What a great thread--to see so many stages of progress is really encouraging and inspirational.  Prasad, your "style" sense strikes me as whimsical from the beginning and I love it.  Seeing your own improvements like this must feel very gratifying. 

Feels great Debbie   
I see SO MANY exemplars and want to incorporate some letters from each into my style. Letters in every practice sheet change a little.  Again, thanks to all you guys, these stages are really fun and very very gratifying.

Wow, Amazing, Great work! Practice Practice!!

Thanks Amy

[prasad]

HI all,
Been a month and a half of practise of capitals and I thought I would put another piece up for your kind critique.

Got slant lines printed closer (at about half the x height).  This gave me some help in spacing, maintaining 1 slant space between alphabets. ME said my earlier writing was cramped.

Have been trying capitals with a little mix of traditional Engrossers and a little of  Madarasz flourish thrown in. 

I had been warned off flourishing by all of you until my letterforms were good,  but I decided to creep just a little flourishing in.

Some self critique (new points only as all critique so far has still to be improved on)

1) Slants on capitals need work.
2) Lettering still does not look crisp. All of the samples of work I see, of you guys is very crisp on both edges of a swell.

Look forward to get your advice on this piece.



-Prasad

[Starlee]

Prasad! This looks sooo good! Especially for a month a half. The biggest thing that jumps out at me regarding capitals is their shape. They could be a little more oval (see the C). Running oval drills will help with that.

[Sarah Foutz]

Wow, this is just gorgeous!!!!! It's super inspiring for me to see what you've accomplished over the last month!! I'm the last one to give critiques, so I'll leave that up to those with more trained eyes, but I had to say this was AWESOME!!!!

[Elizabeth O.]

Prasad - it is so fun watching your progress!!  I wish I could help with critique - to me, you are doing really great!

Please continue to keep us updated!