Design a Calligraphy Stroke Tattoo

ASSIGNMENT

The class videos will walk you through the following steps:

Complete the three exercises provided in the Exercises and Guides PDF.
Sketch up ideas for your own tattoo using the strokes you have learned and one of the four suggested approaches
Design an elegant or dynamic asemic (without words) calligraphic tattoo. Shapes and strokes of the tattoo to be created using the Pilot Parallel pen.

DELIVERABLE

Upload your exercises - Exercise 1, 2 and 3
Upload your design sketches and work-in-progress
Upload your final tattoo design! Requirements: design should include a minimum of two different calligraphic strokes derived from the exercises and all strokes done with the Pilot Parallel pen

RESOURCES

SL1_Class Notes PDF
SL1_Exercises & Guides PDF
(Note: Exercises and Guides are provided as both dark and light version to suit different tastes. The "Your Papers" video explains how to use both.)

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NOTE: This class is the first in a trilogy!

My approach is to teach pen skills and working with with coloured inks in two fun skillshare classes, as a prelude to lettering. The next two classes are:

Strong Lines 2: Colour and Curves with the Pilot Parallel Pen; and

Strong Lines 3: The Gentle Gothics

The progression looks like this:

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