Make bad art! Make art anyway!

Apparently I can't quote a post AND attach photos, so I'll link instead:
https://hachyderm.io/@pheonix/115813292699337973

#inkthusiasm #lettering #MakeBadArt #MastoArt

Illustration by Wm. H. Page & Co., from Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type, Borders, Etc. (1874).

Source: Columbia University Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/9cd09651-280c-4217-920e-179907064497

#typography #design #lettering #art #publicdomain

Lovely signage from some unknown time in the second half of the twentieth century. No longer a grocers, this is just a bar these days.

Clearly the pretence of saying you're going to the shops for potatoes and coming back half cut is no longer needed.
#design #lettering #ireland

I can't bear it, even though I'm not one of the 250 million users of Cyrillic.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/28/the-hill-i-will-die-on-faux-cyrillic

Image: "Bike Farm -- Austin, Texas" in faux Cyrillic -- Taken from Facebook

#FauxCyrillic #Cyrillic #GraphicDesign #Lettering #Script #EverydayAnnoyances

I found a lettering artist on Insta, a place I don't usually go. It got me to thinking (again) about the relationship between lettering, calligraphy, and graffiti. It's an almost interchangeable venn diagram.

Anyway this person's work is gorgeous. https://www.instagram.com/botutype

botutype
Kévin Bth

#lettering #calligraphy #graffiti #signPainting #handLettering

Just a little reminder that all art here is made without AI!

#tiffart #digitalart #krita #kritaillustration #monochrome #blackandwhite #lettering #mastoart #fediart #mastoartist #fediartist #saynotoAI #humanmadeart #noAI