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Spencerian Script / Re: Working on some names

« on: November 13, 2015, 06:58:11 PM »

Flourishing is an elegant way of adding body and fanciness to a name. It doesn't have to be super complicated, sometimes just a little extra line carried further can add so much.

Attached are some examples from some amazing people, all from Iampeth.com

Thank you Schin.

I'll start working on my letters
I've been keeping track of IAMPETH but sometimes for a beginner the excess of information can be more confusing then none at all... Thanks again.

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Spencerian Script / Working on some names

« on: November 13, 2015, 12:23:42 PM »

I'm trying to work on a beautiful and elegant way of writing names.
I have some certificates to deliver and i would like to give the signatures a little "body" and elegance. Could you please help and spare some advise?

I have been trying to work on ornamental penmanship, but I'm really a beginner so I'm still a little lost.

Thank you all.

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Introductions / Re: Hello from Portugal

« on: November 13, 2015, 12:14:17 PM »

As promissed

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Introductions / Re: Hello from Hampton, Va.

« on: November 10, 2015, 04:06:12 AM »

Welcome Vince!

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Introductions / Re: Hi y'all! I'm Brooke

« on: November 06, 2015, 10:40:08 PM »

Hi Brooke.

Welcome!

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Introductions / Re: Hello from Portugal

« on: November 06, 2015, 08:54:37 PM »

Thank you for your words.
As soon as i can I will write you back (the effort of the translation demands it )

P.S. : I believe you were trying to say "Bem vindo. Desfruta do teu tempo por aqui." (sorry, I couldn't help myself )

Welcome!  What a beautifully scripted piece!

Thank you Bianca.

I saw your work. Loved your monograms! I have to learn something like that...

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Spencerian Script / Re: Writing spencerian letters

« on: November 06, 2015, 10:55:48 AM »

Beautifull

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Show & Tell / Re: Combining Origami and Calligraphy. East meets West, or whatever.

« on: November 06, 2015, 05:38:13 AM »

This is really cool.

Just a question. Do you do the origami piece, unfold it, write your calligraphy and fold it back? I can see a world of opportunities there

Thanks you for showing us your work.

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Show & Tell / Re: KRISTINE in pointed and broad pen nibs.

« on: November 06, 2015, 05:29:24 AM »

That looks awsome!
My eyes say thank you

Fernando Mourão

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Show & Tell / Re: First try

« on: November 05, 2015, 11:46:45 AM »

Hi Fernando.  Nothing like inspiration that comes from boredom!  If you can post your pictures in a way that they can be enlarged, it may help you to receive comments.  The size they are are difficult for me to really get a feel for what you've done. 

Debbie

Thank you Debbie.
It was taken with my phone (not a very good one). I've been able to scan it. So I hope that you can get a better feeling of it.

Thanks again

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Show & Tell / First try

« on: November 05, 2015, 11:35:45 AM »

Bored at work...so I decided to give it a try.
Here is my first "scripted text" (? ? ?), written with my Sheaffer...

No need to show mercy :-P

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Introductions / Re: Hello from Portugal

« on: November 04, 2015, 01:54:36 PM »

Thanks for your welcome.

I guess we more or less end up here for that reason Marc...Thank you for your words.

Keep writing...

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Introductions / Hello from Portugal

« on: November 04, 2015, 04:19:57 AM »

Hi my name is Fernando and I'm from Oporto, Portugal.

I'm new to calligraphy and after being sent here by uncle Google more then a few times for tips I decided to join.

We have always had a wide range of writing supplies at home (pencils, fountain pens, dip pens, nice papers and more...) because my father really cherished handwriting and encouraged us to practice and cherish it...although i love writing...practicing my handwriting was not on my priorities as a kid

A couple months ago, watching a piece on Jake Weidman, I couldn't help to get inspired...and that little kindle that my father planted lit up. So, i discovered some nibs in a shoe box, got some printer paper, a bottle of ink that had been laying around for ages and jumped at it...head first. The pool was not full...but not empty at all I have been enjoying myself ever since.

I guess my main goal would be to get proficient enough so I can use any type of calligraphy interchangeably, to create the best possible way to convey the thoughts and concepts of the actual words. Be those poems, posters, letters or even a simple signature. Right now I'm working on my Copperplate, Spencerian and Ornamental Penmanship. The tutorials, manuals and tips I've found online so far as helped me a lot, but I hope that being here would give me a way to improve that i can't get any other way. Hope I can get a lot of feedback here and maybe find a penpal (or 10), to have that extra encouragement 

Feeling good to be here.
After a couple of months practicing. Here is the first "work" I was happy to show to someone. My way of saying "Hi" to you all

P.S.: It reads "Breathe Normally" in Portuguese.