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5 Common Calligraphy and Lettering Mistakes

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The right details can vastly improve hand-lettering projects—even for beginners. Here, Mary Kate McDevitt shares how to self-critique and correct your work by outlining five common mistakes and demonstrating how to fix them. For more, join her on Skillshare: https://skl.sh/3YIvTje --------------------------------------------------------------------------- HAND-LETTERING MISTAKES QUICK JUMP MENU 00:00 The Importance of Self-Critique 02:21 Issue 1—Awkward Letterforms 03:28 Issue 2—Mismatched Styles 04:13 Issue 3—Unbalanced Compositions 04:55 Issue 4—Style Mismatched to Concept 06:38 Issue 5—Extraneous Details 08:00 Fixing These Common Issues 14:19 Keep Learning with Skillshare --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT SKILLSHARE Skillshare is an online education platform with thousands of classes taught by the world’s best practitioners. Come take a class on illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, crafts, and more. To get started, sign up for a free trial here: https://www.skillshare.com/signup Subscribe to Skillshare on Youtube: http://skl.sh/yt-subscribe​ Skillshare on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skillshare​ Skillshare on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skillshare​ Skillshare on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skillshare --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT MARY KATE MCDEVITT Mary Kate McDevitt is a Philadelphia-based illustrator and lettering artist. Since 2010 she has created hand lettering for clients including, Target, Chronicle Books, Smuckers', Macy's, and author to her books Hand-Lettering Ledger and Illustration Workshop. Between client work and personal projects Mary Kate teaches at her alma mater, Tyler School of Art, and co-founded Okay Fine, a shared studio that hosts workshops and events. On the weekend you'll find Mary Kate exploring the historical streets of Philadelphia, thrifting, and hanging with her cat Peppy Mew Mew and her old dog Fritz. In Hand Lettering Techniques: 5 Ways to Better Work, join her for tips on how to critique your own work and solve the most common lettering missteps: https://skl.sh/3YIvTje

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