Video: Drawings or writing? The art of decorating letters
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
I am sure that each of you has ever drawn letters or numbers in a notebook, notebook or on a sheet of ordinary Whatman paper, and then decorated them with ligature, ornament, flower petals, turning the text into a picture. And skilled craftsmen sometimes bring their letters to the point that they are not that difficult to read - you will never guess that behind the floral ornament there is a word, or even several.
I bring to your attention a selection of such works. Either drawings, or letters … I will not argue that all this is the work of artists, armed with paints and a brush, or a special pen with typographic ink. I'm pretty sure that most of the work was done using computer programs, but still …
I bet many will say that anyone with the art of Photoshop will be able to draw letters much better, more original and more beautiful. Well, we will gladly post your work on our portal, if you will be so kind to send us your work!:)
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