Any calligraphy fans in the Disco Elysium fandom? 👀 Partially inspired by Inktober, I decided to pick up this old hobby of mine after a long time away—there are so many good quotes to choose from so I'm surprised I haven't come across very much lettering or calligraphy work! Here is my humble contribution...should I do more??
(Process shot + a video under the cut to see the sparkliness of this very pretty copper-coloured metallic ink in action, because the poor desk lamp lighting in these photos does not do it justice.)
Brain is malfunctioning bc I'm looking at a 23k fic, and the author said they wrote it in 4 hours... 4 hours?? What do you mean?? Your mind has really gotta be in the roughest draft of rough draft modes to be able to churn that out within that time.
How many words per hour can y'all get out? I mean, if I'm booking it and don't have to consider what I'm writing, I could probably get 2k in an hour, but that's generally not the case. I hem and haw over the details so much that it could easily take me 4 hours just to get 2500 words or so. Maybe even less words if I'm really struggling.
“‘Hi honey,” Elvis said. He came to meet me and the first thing he did was hug and kiss me. Affection was something he loved to show. He seemed to want to give it — and to crave it right back from you. In large amounts and often. He loved to touch and be touched. ‘Let’s don’t forget this,’ he said, slipping the camera off my arm. ‘Let’s get some shots while the sun is still up’. He slid down into one of the lawn chairs on the grass and opened his collar a little and smiled at me. It could have been a movie poster. He seemed to have a way of looking great, no matter how he stood or sat. He was so beautiful I could hardly operate my camera…I ended up with a roll of twelve pictures all shot from the exact same spot”
(excerpt from “Elvis: This one’s for you” by Arlene Cogan)