{"id":3692,"date":"2024-02-15T08:21:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T15:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=3692"},"modified":"2024-02-15T08:26:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T15:26:35","slug":"more-akim-lettering-for-our-guild-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/15\/more-akim-lettering-for-our-guild-project\/","title":{"rendered":"More Akim lettering for our guild project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"3693\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/15\/more-akim-lettering-for-our-guild-project\/sample-1-beth\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sample-1-Beth-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sample-1-Beth\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sample-1-Beth-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sample-1-Beth-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sample-1-Beth-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sample-1-Beth-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sample-1-Beth-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sample-1-Beth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sample-1-Beth-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sample-1-Beth-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gouache, Zig Cocoiro brush pen, ZIG Mangaka 01 pen on Canson XL watercolor paper. 6 x 9 in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m <a href=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/09\/akim-a-surprisingly-enjoyable-script\/\" title=\"\">continuing<\/a> to enjoy Akim lettering. I made these in preparation for next month&#8217;s local guild meeting. Even though I switched to a brush pen for the main lettering, I tried for a fairly monoline effect. I love doing Akim lettering with a brush pen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"3694\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/15\/more-akim-lettering-for-our-guild-project\/sample-2-beth\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sample-2-Beth-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sample-2-Beth\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sample-2-Beth-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sample-2-Beth-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sample-2-Beth-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sample-2-Beth-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sample-2-Beth-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sample-2-Beth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sample-2-Beth-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sample-2-Beth-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gouache, ZIG Mangaka 01 pen on Canson XL watercolor paper. 6 x 9 in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here I used the same palette as for the first one, but mixed neutrals. After I penciled in the box and did the main lettering, I went over the lettering inside the box with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnnealbooks.com\/product\/pebeo-drawing-gum\" title=\"\">Pebeo masking fluid<\/a> and a bowl-pointed pen (didn&#8217;t want to ruin my tiny brushes). Then I painted in the box. When the paint was dry, I removed the masking fluid with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnnealbooks.com\/product\/rubber-cement-pick-up\" title=\"\">rubber cement eraser<\/a>. I had done a pretty bad job of tracing the lettering, but that was all right. And where it was just too egregiously out of whack I painted some neutral back in and blended it with the rest of the painting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m continuing to enjoy Akim lettering. I made these in preparation for next month&#8217;s local guild meeting. Even though I switched to a brush pen for the main lettering, I tried for a fairly monoline effect. I love doing Akim lettering with a brush pen. Here I used the same palette as for the first &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/15\/more-akim-lettering-for-our-guild-project\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More Akim lettering for our guild project&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[265],"class_list":["post-3692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lettering","tag-akim"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bHT3-Xy","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}