Doodle 43 - The Letter X

While looking through some lettering examples, I came across several that had the line going from right to left designed with kind of a "bypass" (second from the right in the lower right hand corner). It was kinda tricky to allow myself to do it that way and make it look okay - in fact, it bugged the crap out of me to set it up this way. I still think it looks like a wonky "K", but it works :)

Doodle 42 - The Letter W

I had just finished looking through my Tim Burton Book when I started working on the Ws. His influence is evident in one of them - which one do you think it is?

Doodle 41 - The Letter V

The letter V. Enjoyed playing with the joint of the two lines that connect. The one in the lower left feels kinda Dr. Seuss-ish :)

Doodle 40 - The Letter U

The letter U is an unusual letter, but I had fun with it anyway. I was playing with varied line weights in the lower right hand corner exploration - I think it turned out kinda cool!

Doodle 39 - The Letter T

T was a good letter to work with. There were a couple of these I was really pleased with. One in particular, the one shown in the lower right hand corner of the second photo, made me smile. I love curlie-cues in unexpected places!

Doodle 38 - The Letter S

I love the letter S. So many ways to accentuate the curves!

Doodle 37 - The Letter R

I like the letter R. I was thinking about doing another sheet of them because the one in the lower right hand corner got a little bigger than I anticipated. Oh well... maybe the next time around :)

Doodle 36

Again another absence. When I last posted, I'd been working on this piece. Here's the finished product:

I created this for a colleague of mine who left the company. He was always talking about Tony Hsieh and his book, Delivering Happiness (the Zappos Story). I found it only appropriate to use one of Tony's quotes for his going away gift. This was the first quote I've done in awhile - it was fun to get back into the swing of things and depart from the work I've been doing in the office lately.

Doodle 35

It's been awhile since I've posted. My life's become a bit more hectic than normal lately. In addition to helping my daughter sell Girl Scout cookies, I'm happy to announce that I recently received a promotion at work! That's been taking up quite a bit of my after-work hours, leaving my doodles to be pushed to the wayside. The weekends have lent themselves to a little more creative relief though - just take a look: