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I also did it the silly way of "Oooo I like this font" so can't be much help there.

First caligraphy pen I ever used was the ones I got in a (honestly not that great) calligraphy set- which, yes they weren't the best for writing and the nibs had a habit of grabbing the paper, but it also meant I had no real stress when they started cracking/leaking after a bit and was free to move on to a better nib with a bit of experience under my belt. Not sure if I would exactly recommend that (honestly it was a kit I got back in....oh gods, middle school? so probably doesn't exist anymore)- but something similar maybe? Starting off with a cheaper pen and not worrying if you end up spreading the tip too much just call it all learning.

Mia (@theshitpostcalligrapher) agreed to rebagel this for me because I’d love as many answers as possible. If you like calligraphy and have done it before, whether skillful or clumsily amateurish, feel free to answer if you have spoons for it!

I want to get into calligraphy, but I don’t know where to start. I’m always overwhelmed by the idea of trying to start something new, when I’ve got no idea what the fuck I’m doing. The most reassuring thing I’ve found is hearing from someone else. Google is great, but it just gives you a list of maybe-good-maybe-bad resources. A live human being can talk about how they got started with the benefit of hindsight, and what they think is helpful for a newbie. Links are welcome, but so are just basic tips like “this is the first font I learned, here’s what it’s called” or “this is the type of writing implement I used when I began learning and why it was good or bad.” I’m actually very worried about what to use to practice calligraphy, because I have heard the nibs of the pen or quill can be fragile; I have a bit of a dysgraphia thing going on, where I’ve always gripped writing tools very hard even when trying not to and bearing down very hard on it and I have broken a lot of normal-ass pens, let alone a delicate calligraphy pen. I have severe arthritis-like joint pain and muscle cramps in my hands that I’ll be consulting a doctor about, but I also hope just practicing a hands-on hobby can let me teach my hands to relax more. Almost like when you take up an instrument or singing to become good at breathing techniques, if that analogy makes sense.

#hope this helps at all? #calligraphy support

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Freehanded the title font roughly on a whim, but might look it up and do some other quotes in it for fun.

#calligraphy #quotes #the sandman #fuck it lets go to hell #dragon blood ink #pilot pen #three guesses as to what show I've fallen in love with lately #and the first two don't count

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I Live! ...mostly anyways. My hands are still very shaky, but hoping they are going to be getting better in the next few months so figured I'd wipe the dust off between now and then and have photo proof of things getting better. For now going to just promise myself at least once a week, and hopefully get more frequent as RL things progress.

That being said- I have some things saved I want to write but please feel free to send an ask if you have ideas!

#about me #going to try and go slow enough the shakes don't show up #but if you notice shaky letters #that is why

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#calligraphy #quotes #no vanilla candles were harmed in the making of this video #lol #red pen #diamine copper ink

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On the same fic as the previous one XD

#calligraphy #ao3 #ao3 tags #the author should probably regret some things #red pen #diamine copper ink

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#calligraphy #ao3 #ao3 tags #the author regrets nothing #red pen #diamine copper ink

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#calligraphy #quotes #star trek #fandom anyways #tumblr #soup no bowl #red pen #diamine copper ink

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The cry of fan fic authors everywhere

#calligraphy #ao3 #ao3 tags #this was supposed to be a oneshot #red pen #diamine copper ink #mostly sure anyways

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#calligraphy #ao3 #ao3 tags #ao3 make that a tag challenge #x450 #dragon blood ink

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#calligraphy #ao3 #ao3 tags #this is why we can't have nice things #x450 #dragon blood ink

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#calligraphy #ao3 #ao3 tags #humans are space orcs #x450 #dragon blood ink

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This is for the Winterhawk Discord XD

#calligraphy #quotes #Accept Chaos Read Smut Rest Your Body #should have redone the spacing #oh well #maybe later #x450 #dragon blood ink #frankie

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Pretty sure that both the fact that you are awesome at it, and that they came with money makes you a professional 😄

Just in case you've happened to (somehow) stumble across my little nook of Tumblr and are looking for more calligraphy but haven't run into these awesome people go check them out-

@theshitpostcalligrapher

@lettering-is-my-music

@carpe-aurore

@and-speak

of course these are only a very few, please feel free to reblog this and add more!

#I don't usually dare reddit since that is just inviting hyperfixations to bloom #but yes- as well as everyone who does so on yt as well #so tempted to write hee hoo swear word with all the flourishes now #huh #quotes in a tag makes that part a seperate tag? #weird

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Just in case you've happened to (somehow) stumble across my little nook of Tumblr and are looking for more calligraphy but haven't run into these awesome people go check them out-

@theshitpostcalligrapher

@lettering-is-my-music

@carpe-aurore

@and-speak

of course these are only a very few, please feel free to reblog this and add more!

#calligraphy #lettering #recommendations #actual professionals #instead of me playing around with scripts trying to remember the one I used to use #but seriously #why no- I'm totally not crowdsourcing finding new blogs- what makes you think that? #XD

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#calligraphy #quotes #this morning has both regrets and order confirmation emails #ibreathebooks42 #bookie #x450 #dragon blood ink

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#calligraphy #ao3 #ao3 tags #no beta we die like #insert reference XD #x450 #dragon blood ink

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#calligraphy #quotes #error 404: normality not found #barbucky #x450 #dragon blood ink