Hi guys! What's up?
In recent months, many people have asked me
How not to give up hand lettering and how to stay motivated?
And I find it very sad seen this people giving up hand lettering.
So I came here to talk a little about it.
I think one of the factors that is contributing to a lot of people talking about it in recent months,
It's because it's been a while since hand lettering exploded and a lot of people are having contact with it
Knowing what it is and wanting to practice.
I myself didn't know what lettering was until I moved here to the US in 2015
Discover it, learned the techniques and become an artist of hand lettering.
With this explosion and exposure that hand lettering has had on social networks in recent years,
A lot of people found it cool and incredible. "I want to start practicing this and I will earn my living from it."
Thinking that it was a very simple thing to do and that in a weekend they wann become a pro.
What happens, is that it is not so easy.
Some people will learn easier, some less so.
But it will be very difficult for you to become a hand lettering artist and start making a living from it in a short period of time.
Like any other art or drawing technique, it requires some time for you to learn it.
So I advise you to get into hand lettering first as a hobby
Because you enjoy doing this, because you are wanting to learn and that this will bring you much pleasure.
I started this way myself
To study hand lettering in 2015 with the 365 days of hand lettering challenge.
I started because paper and pen is something that gives me a lot of pleasure.
I saw hand lettering arts and thought it was incredible and I thought, "I'll learn this thing!"
And I allow myself to study a full year with the challenge.
What we have to be aware of is that your first lettering probably
It's not going to be good, it's going to suck.
You will feel insecure, you will want to give up.
But when you set out to learn something, you have to be aware
That you will need to learn and you will need to practice a lot.
And face these difficulties with hand lettering as challenges.
My first big challenge with hand lettering was when I started to inking the drawings.
The arts were relatively cool in pencil
But when I inked, the lines was shaky, I messed up, it was not good
I wanted to simply rip the paper and continue on the graphite.
But I knew I had to get over it, so I practiced, practiced, practiced until my hand become stable
The lines become good not shaky and I stop making mistakes ...
And here we are!
Another thing is the question of how to stay motivated.
Many people will jump into the universe of hand lettering
Thinking it will be the most wonderful thing every day, you will want to practice every single day,
"Oh lady, the people who do hand lettering always post, so I will also have that motivation"
"I'll wake up in the morning like: uhull, I'll do hand lettering."
Not really, it applies to anything we do in this life, guys!
We are human beings, we get tired of doing the same thing,
There are days when we do not feel like doing anything, and that's completely normal, you know ?!
I do not know anyone who is happy and jumping 100% of the time.
I do not think this is human.
As humans, we are unstable beings, we have good days and bad days.
And one think I've learned, is that as far as possible, do not force yourself to do something you do not want.
So if there are days I absolutely do not want to see paper and pen in front of me,
Because believe me, there are days that we do not want.
If possible, I do not do this, I'll do something else.
Sometimes I get a whole week without drawing, but I read a book, I walk.
I do other things, edit a video.
And the next week I'm dying for drawing.
all the energy comes back.
So that's what we need to be aware of:
There are days we will not feel like doing it and it's normal.
In the 365 days of hand lettering, I forced myself to draw the 365 days
Because it was a challenge that I set myself and I wanted to complete that.
So I push myself and sought after energy when I needed to complete the challenge.
It was this challenge that spread my art through the internet, which attracted followers
Which attracted people interested in hand lettering, in seeing my art, in following me.
So it brought me many good things
But yes, I had to push myself, it was not every day I wanted to draw
It was not every day I woke up "uhul! I'm going to make a new art"
But at the end of the day, it was worth it.
So for all of this to work, you need to have a reason behind it.
Think why you started hand lettering. Why you want to start hand lettering.
It may be because it is a hobby that will do good for you, it is a thing that will distract your head
Is a form of therapy for you.
Not necessarily you have to make money from it, it can be a hobby.
It might be something you do over the weekend and clear your mind, understand?
And there is nothing stopping you from dreaming that you want to earn a living with hand lettering
Who knows, maybe quit the work you do not like and live with hand lettering
But do not think it's going to be overnight and next week lettering will support you.
Because this can take a long time,
Will depend on how you will adapt, how you will improve your art
How you're going to spread this around the world. There are many factors.
And there are a lot of people who think "Oh, but there are already a lot of hand lettering artists on the market"
Look, there is already a lot of hand lettering artist, designer, stylist, doctor, engineer, lawyer ...
It has everything.
Think that we are many, many, many humans on the face of the Earth.
So I think there's room for everyone.
If you create your style, if you believe in you, if you do it with passion,
it will bring you a lot of positive things, you can be sure ot that.
Anyway, what I wanted to talk about is for you not to give up
Of what gives you pleasure.
If you chose hand lettering to please you, to be a good thing
To be something that in the future can become a more serious thing,
Don't give up!
Continues! It is difficult, it will take time, but take it as a challenge.
And there are a lot of people who give up before they start, and says:
"Oh, I really wanted to do this, but I do not know how to draw."
Guys! Drawing, any kind of drawing, is something you learn.
Okay, a lot of people are born with ability, from small draws,
But that does not stop you, who does not draw, from learning to draw.
Drawing, or writing, a good calligraphy are muscular memories that the body learns.
That your hand learns.
Whoever has never drawn, usually has a "locked" hand,
But this only means that your muscles do not know how to make those fine movements.
But you learn to do this.
Your hand has the same movement as mine, it just does not know what to do exactly at what time.
But this is a muscle memory and it is learnable.
With practice, your hand will get used, you will be able to make moves that you did not do before.
Let's say it's more or less when you go the first time at the gym
Some of your muscles are very weak and some movements are weird for your body to do,
Because you never did.
But you will learn and you will get stronger and things will become easier to do.
Drawing is also tinkering with muscles, tendons, and things you were not used to doing.
But the body learns, believe me and it will work, you will be able to learn.
Obviously we are not all the same, some people will make it very easy
Other people will take longer.
But it's not impossible.
So just to end this video, my final tip is:
Start hand lettering for pleasure, for hobby, because it is something that makes you well.
Allow yourself to make mistakes, don't be to hard on you. And make this a fun thing,
Make of this hours, cool hours,
Pleasure hours for you.
And so you will find all the inspiration, all the motivation to continue and not give up.
Agreed?
I hope I have helped those who were thinking of giving up,
Those who were discouraged
And those who were in doubt about starting.
I hope you all jump into the world of hand lettering
And have a lot of fun.
That's all! Big kiss and see you soon!
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