Beautiful Day
There are so many lettering artists/designers that I admire and this seems like a fantastic place to start developing my skills instead of just admiring everybody elses!
I chose a sentance from a Michael Buble song "It's A Beautiful Day" as inspiration.
Initial layout ideas:
Getting used to a creating letters in a grid:
Refining the layout and positioning of the sentance and further developing the words 'Beautiful Day':
After many more sketches (not shown) the final sketch is ready and open to suggestions!:
Final vector combined with a typeface that has lots of character:
Playing with the vector in Photoshop: