6.3.13

Chalkboard art - my first attempts

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6.3.13 - 21:54
I'm not usually one for going with a trend, but this one has tickled my fancy. It's 'chalkboard art'. We always called them blackboards when I was at school, but now its all interactive whiteboards.

Anyway, I've made a Pinterest board with a few of favourites so far on it. Some of the best examples around at the moment are by Dana Tanamachi  an artist/designer based in Brooklyn.
 
I'm not great at drawing generally, but I do a lot of typography, so I thought I'd have a go myself. I actually drew this in pencil and used a little photoshop magic to get the effect, but I might get round to using actual chalk after a bit more practice. This photoshop tutorial is very helpful for getting the effect.
I'm quite pleased with it for a first attempt. What do you reckon?



3 comments:

  1. Love that question! :)

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  2. Love it.
    But how is your writing so neat?

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  3. Ta. Um, a ruler and lots of erasing and re-drawing?

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