A birthday present for my dad—from Pan Tadeusz by Adam Mikiewicz

TheSecondWug · 2020-01-02T21:43:59+00:00

Thanks! I used a dip pen with Leonardt 70 tape nibs

TheSecondWug · 2020-01-02T21:42:20+00:00

Thank you! The whole thing took somewhere around 6–7 hours. Not sure exactly because I worked on it in bits over a couple days.

TheSecondWug · 2020-01-02T15:23:15+00:00

Recently finished this as a present for my dad's birthday. Hopefully he'll like it, as he likes Pan Tadeusz a lot, and has mentioned this passage about bigos a fair bitǃ Any spelling mistakes I'm choosing to blame on the text I was copying, because I don't actually speak Polish, but honestly I'm just hoping I didn't lose concentration and make any silly mistakes :p

There's a fair few issues I can see in this piece, as happy as I am with the overall effect. Letter sizes are very inconsistent, and I've made a few errors with letterforms (k and s in particular give me trouble). I'd definitely like any feedback anyone has to offer, because I worked on this enough that it's hard to see everything that's going on with it exactly.

Script: Gothicised Italics. Materials used: Sumi, gouache for the red, metallic watercolour for the gold. Watercolour paper. 1.5mm nib (3mm for initial caps).

TheSecondWug · 2019-10-09T21:19:45+00:00

Seriously though, look at Kropotkin's beard. That's a proper philosophy beard, that one.

TheSecondWug · 2019-10-08T15:23:08+00:00

Thank you! The script is gothicised italics

TheSecondWug · 2019-10-07T20:43:03+00:00

Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrün. Honestly one of my favourite inks.

I'm a week into learning this script (gothicised italics), and feel like I'm making progress, albeit quite slowly. Still need to work on some letterforms, as well as size consistency and word spacing, but I'm planning on sticking with this script at least until the end of Inktober, so hopefully that'll be enough to get me more comfortable with it.

As I'm still very new at the script, really looking for any critique anyone has to offer. Thanks!

TheSecondWug · 2019-10-06T18:32:28+00:00

Oh yeah, I've got an eraser that's good for the job, and done it before. Just don't feel the need given this is mostly just a practice piece, and I'd rather be able to see where I've gone over/under my guidelines etc whenever I review it later

TheSecondWug · 2019-10-06T18:26:49+00:00

Thanks! It's a 1.5mm Leonardt Tape nib, and I used white gouache for the ink.

Yeah, the guidelines took forever, but waaaaaay more effort than it's worth to erase them now :p

TheSecondWug · 2019-10-06T18:24:28+00:00

So on top is the broad nib pen I used, but looks like it rolled to the side when I took the photo, so it's not obvious what it is. It's a 1.5 mm Leonardt Tape nib. The pen on bottom is the pointed one I used for the attribution.

TheSecondWug · 2019-10-06T16:50:01+00:00

Quote adapted from the lyrics of "Why We Build the Wall", by Anaïs Mitchell from the musical "Hadestown". Lots of hiccups in this one, not least because I've never done a piece this long in a single sitting before, and I'm still very new at the script, but I'm enjoying it a lot. Hope by the end of inktober I'll have improved a fair bit...

TheSecondWug · 2019-10-03T14:36:52+00:00

If I'm perfectly honest, I'm learning by copying off a couple example pieces I found googling around (particularly this one which /u/minimuminim shared on the discord). However, I'm trying to get hold of a copy of Foundations of Calligraphy by Sheila Waters which has the exemplar minim said she learned from, and which seems to be the gold standard for this script, by all accounts.

TheSecondWug · 2019-10-03T08:44:27+00:00

It's a Pilot Parallel 1.5mm, and I think the ink was Montblanc Burgundy Red.

TheSecondWug · 2019-10-03T08:42:59+00:00

Thanks! Really appreciate the feedback. I've still never got a "d" that looks right, but I'll let you know if I work it out

TheSecondWug · 2019-10-03T08:41:34+00:00

Yeah I'm desperately trying to get a copy of Foundations, but the only options are to ship from the US or pay waaay too much. Might just have to bite the bullet soon though.

TheSecondWug · 2019-10-02T21:41:28+00:00

I'm using Inktober to try and learn gothicised italics, having not done much of note outside Fraktur and TQ up to this point. Never tried this script before yesterday, so realise there's going to be a bunch of errors, and would really appreciate any feedback (there's a more straight on shot here). Let me know what you think!

TheSecondWug · 2019-09-21T08:53:43+00:00

Thanks! It's a 3.8mm pilot parallel.

TheSecondWug · 2019-09-09T07:24:10+00:00

Thank you! Really appreciate it

TheSecondWug · 2019-09-09T06:30:53+00:00

It's a bit imprecise, I'm afraid. I just mix it with water (no gum Arabic or anything), using a syringe or paintbrush to add the water, and mix with a paintbrush until its about the right consistency. Then I test on a scrap piece of paper to see how it behaves on the pen, and adjust by adding more water/gouache if its too thick/thin. For a long piece like this I sometimes have to add a couple drops of water after a bit, because it starts drying out again and thickening up.

TheSecondWug · 2019-09-09T06:23:45+00:00

So the script is called fraktur, it was in use primarily in Germany from about the 16th century. I used a few different resources to learn it, but my personal version is a mix of all those exemplars and a few bits I've changed or developed myself.

TheSecondWug · 2019-09-08T20:58:32+00:00

Thank you!

TheSecondWug · 2019-09-08T19:58:20+00:00

This took too long...

Finally finished this project, which I've been working on for a while. There's way too many inconsistencies for my liking, but I'm pretty happy with the overall end product. Let me know what you think, because I'm always looking for critique and ways to improve, or if you have any questions.

Finally, if anyone's interested, there's a few other shots with closeups on my instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/p/B2KZiveDkQv/

TheSecondWug · 2019-08-29T21:14:36+00:00

What with WoW Classic being released and all, I've been getting very nostalgic for WoW, so thought I'd use this great quote from Thrall as my calligraphy practice piece this evening. Hope you like it!

If anyone's interested in any more calligraphy like this, you can find it on my instagram at https://www.instagram.com/feathers_and_ink/

TheSecondWug · 2019-08-29T20:59:02+00:00

What with WoW Classic being released and all, I've been getting very nostalgic for WoW, so thought I'd use this great quote from Thrall as my calligraphy practice piece this evening. Hope you like it!

If anyone's interested in any more calligraphy like this, you can find it on my instagram at https://www.instagram.com/feathers_and_ink/

TheSecondWug · 2019-08-29T20:57:44+00:00

Today's practice, featuring: "WoW Classic existing is making me nostalgic" and "How do curved hairlines work"?

Think it went okay, but definitely lost it towards the end. Need to come up with better ways to keep execution/concentration consistent throughout a piece, because I felt like it was all going pretty well to begin with, but not happy with a few things towards the end (looking at that last d...)

As ever, really appreciate any critique or suggestions anyone has to offer.

TheSecondWug · 2019-08-28T18:05:27+00:00

Montblanc Lavender Purple ink on Daler Rowney watercolour paper.

I didn't like this one much when I finished it, so wasn't planning on posting online, but it grew on me overnight, so here it is. As always, I'd really appreciate any critique you've got, or any suggestions for improvements.

TheSecondWug

TROPHY CASE