To be a good artist / letterer / designer / guitar player it takes practice. A lot of it. More than you can even fathom when you're starting out.
Jessica HischeWhen I have to critique someone else's web design, rather than write up a giant email or take a screengrab and move stuff around in Photoshop, I put together a really quick CSS doc making my changes.
Jessica HischeIf you are on Craigslist to get a sofa, and you see one for free. You think thereโs something tragically wrong with it - maybe there are bedbugs. But if you see a sofa on there for $2,500, you think โoh man, that sofa must be amazingโ. Itโs the same thing with art - you set your own value.
Jessica HischeThe awesome thing about lettering - which is different from many forms of art - is that you can actually see your mistakes. There are sophomore mistakes that people do at the beginning that you spot everywhere. For example, a lot of people make 'W's by turning 'M's upside down.
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