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How I lost my vectored calligraphy work

The way that I lost my calligraphy/ brush lettering work was by being careless. There was one day that I what I thought I did was transferred the files from my macbook to my external hard drive. Which I did. But you know what I did not do. I wasn’t being careful while doing it.

I just thought oh yeah this is the same as its always been. So I know that I transferred my work to the external hard drive so why double check .Well there was one day that I did check and realized that there was none of the files that I had vectorized.

I was upset at first just thinking how in the hell can I be so careless with such a simple thing. The reason I was upset more than just a little bit was because I am not a newbie to any of this. Just think of how such a simple thing can mess up a major project and etc. So the reason I am sharing this is to let you know that we all make mistakes.

The idea of double checking your work and etc is key. There is no need to think at any point in your career or life that you are top notch. Well the reason I say this is because you can make a simple mistake and Fuck up something or somethings very important.

So from all of this I am now even more careful with the process and way I go about doing things. I for one will make sure that this will not happen again. Because at first I was hurt about it but then just thought you know you have the hard copies so why are you upset just take this as a learning experience.

 

Doyald Young Dangerous Curves flip through

Here’s a brief flip through of the doyald youngs book dangerous curves. I know that there is a lot of people that are debating whether or not to make the investment. The reason I made the investment in my career was a great decision. The amount of money that I will make back is greater than the cost.

So whatever it is you are hesitating to do with your career do it. There is not need to waste time as long as whatever you can do to improve is worth it. Then you want to make sure you have the desire to improve and get better.

How To Vector Hand Lettering | Adobe Illustrator

This is one of the  best videos on vectorizing custom typography. Also he shows you how to do the techniques many people on instagram use in their work. Because I was always wondering how in the hell do they produce vectors of their work that is very clean and top notch.

This video will definitely explain to you the technique on how to vector work using one of the best techniques.

Master the moment

Master the moment in whatever it is that you are doing. You do not want take the time to waste it doing nothing.  Because this is something that I have learned being a designer. At times that is something that is easy to do.

We as people can get comfortable in the aspect of doing nothing. I for one was being lazy with vectorizing and putting new work on my instagram. When honestly I really enjoyed the aspect of posting work daily and documenting my progress. I will admit that it was a relief to have a few days off of posting.

I did not want to end up burning out and fading away. The whole aspect of running a marathon and doing all of it for the long term. Also realizing that even though I am not getting the same amount of likes and etc as others it doesn’t matter. I just think about how gary vaynerchuk mentioned he wasn’t getting any views on his youtube videos but he kept putting them out.

So you want to master the moments. When you keep the right mentality you will realize that mastering the moments do not take a lot of effort. By that I meant it will become normal to you.

With all of this said make sure to do your best to master the moments of your life and to not take them for granted. Which means in a simple way saying to not waste time and be more vigilant

You attract the type of energy you put out

whether you believe it or not the type of energy you project is what you attract. If you are focusing on the possibility of not having enough you will keep getting that. Also the same if you are not confident in dealing with clients and etc you will not have control.

By not having control you will not have the confidence in your ability to deal with them in a professional manner. The same thing goes if you are selling products and basically any other thing. If you are not the type to believe in what you are selling who else will. Also you have to be proud of what you are selling.

Being proud of what you are, what you are doing and all that you do. Project the type of energy that you would like to receive in your life. The time that you spend on things that matter will not benefit you so redirect that to what you do want.

Learning New Techniques to help improve design work

If you have not been following me on instagram I have been learning calligraphy for over 2+ years. I also have done custom logos for various clients. The things that I learned in school I realized that they were good for the time I was in school.  Because there becomes a time when you should have left it behind and found a better technique.

An amazing technique I learned was how to properly use anchor points to vectorize lettering. Before I would plot anchor points and it would take me forever. But thankfully I found a video on youtube explaining how to properly use them. I must say after I was just sitting there thinking wow so this is how its done.

Because it was a technique that I was comfortable doing and one that I had learned awhile ago. Compared to the new one that I learned was as if  light bulb turned on in my head. I must say I came across this video which was perfect timing. Especially since I have been learning calligraphy for so long.

This is my first attempt at using this technique. I was blown away by how much quicker it was for me to do this compared to the way before I would’ve went about doing this.

This is the video below that I came across which taught me one of the best ways to go about getting clean vectorized versions of your calligraphy, lettering work.