How I started my Creative Journey?

Hand lettering is the starting point of my creative journey. During the lockdown, I felt lonely and surrounded by negative thoughts. Then I found some creative suggestions to get rid of these negative thoughts.

'One suggestion is, to be creative and pursue hobbies or continue your favourite ones'.

But I didn't have any hobbies, and I just sat down scrolling through Insta reels and found a reel about 'hand lettering'. This is how it drew me to learn hand lettering. So, I started off with:

(Suzy) aka How to hand letter - I took a mini-course from her. Later I asked Aparna akka for more tips and suggestions. She suggested a few classes and websites regarding hand lettering:

• Peggy Dean

• The happy ever crafter classes.

• Lettering daily - I learnt how to give shadow to letters from this website.

• 99design (Andrea Stan) - bubble lettering and different style of lettering.

• ​Loveleigh University - how to provide flourish to letters.

To embellish my letters, I started doodling and watercolor painting to fill and beautify the negative space (or) empty space on the paper. By learning hand lettering, I learned how to design letters and create my own font and greeting cards.

This is why I called hand lettering the starting point of my creative journey. Thank you so much.

- Ramya Muthyala