Thank you for sharing your digital writing process with us! I know this is an older video, but I hope it's encouraging to know it is still reaching beginners and newer enthusiasts like me three years on.

Your "really ugly, sloppy calligraphy" handwriting is really nice! I wish I could write as "sloppy" like that.

@molly-suber-thorpe

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! With time and practice…. :)

Dang good flourishing in the wild!

@molly-suber-thorpe

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

Love your phrase ‘Flourishing in the wild.’ Thanks so much for filming your process. It is extremely helpful!

@molly-suber-thorpe

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy you liked it!

❤️❤️❤️Sooooo many great tips!!! Thank you! Beautiful quote

@molly-suber-thorpe

3 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad you liked it!!

Thank you so much, Molly! Your work truly inspires me. Words that are written beautifully really elevate their meaning. I hope that I can learn to write as well as you do someday!

@molly-suber-thorpe

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Farah! I am sure you can make that dream a reality. Just remember to be kind to yourself and patient.

What a great video! Thank you!

@molly-suber-thorpe

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Lucie!

Beautiful. Thank you.

@molly-suber-thorpe

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Trank you Molly, Your works are really beautiful :)

Really great to see the process. I have your book and it’s fantastic,

@molly-suber-thorpe

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That's great to hear!

This was amazing ! Made something that seemed so complicated to me before seem so simple. Thank you

@molly-suber-thorpe

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Daniel! I’m so glad you enjoyed it.

Very helpful, thank you so much! I’ve learned a lot. I will practice your method!!!

@molly-suber-thorpe

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you for watching. :)

So helpful. Thank you.

@molly-suber-thorpe

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome, Robyn! Happy to be of help. :)

Loved watching it.just ordered a new iPad Pro for calligraphy.switching from dip pens to Apple Pencil.let’s see how I go.thanks

keep in mind that consistency is everything

@molly-suber-thorpe

3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed! And slow and steady practice is how you get there. :)

Wow!!

What do you have your streamline setting at for your pencil brush? Great video by the way!

Thank you

@molly-suber-thorpe

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Black with write writing ... 3 times as fancy. So true!

@molly-suber-thorpe

4 жыл бұрын

Right?! It's like turning on the stage lights. Instant drama!

I have been trying calligraphy on the iPad. How difficult is it to transition to ink on paper? Is there a beginner pen you can recommend? I was thinking of buying the physical book so I can start with ink on paper but also take photos to use in procreate. Thank you for sharing your talent.

@molly-suber-thorpe

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Susan! As you might imagine, there is both a lot of overlap and a lot of difference between iPad and ink-on-paper calligraphy. Building muscle memory through repetition, and practicing different letterforms, are applicable to both, but the technical challenges of handling the tools are quite different. I have a blog post about pointed pen calligraphy supplies for beginners: mollysuberthorpe.com/news/calligraphy-supplies-for-beginners I also run the website Calligrafile, where I've compiled lots more resources for learning: calligrafile.com All my books are available in hardcopy and ebook formats. If you're planning to take photos of the book to trace on your iPad, that would work, but you might find that the eBook version would be even more helpful for that! Then you'd just have to take screen captures and import them to Procreate, in which case they'll be very crisp. Please let me know if you have any further questions! Molly

I wanna get started into florishing when I got my ipad. Is there something like you can't never do ?

@molly-suber-thorpe

4 жыл бұрын

The iPad is an extremely powerful tool for artists. Doing calligraphy on it is different from traditional ink on paper, of course, but it is not necessarily harder or easier. It takes a bit of practice but once you get the hang of it, you'll be flourishing and having fun in no time! The Procreate app is arguably the best drawing app for any tablet, but there are other great apps, too, for different types of lettering (such as Affinity Designer for vectors and Photoshop for editing). So if you are wondering whether there is anything related to digital lettering that you *can't* make on the iPad, I would say no!

@Remjbbx

4 жыл бұрын

@@molly-suber-thorpe ok thank you ! I can't wait to get started :)

How do you setting your pressure curve to writing like that with that brush.. I'm still struggling to adjust to make my brush strokes really like holding brush prn or nib in real life.. Is keep pushing but kinda still can't make clear thin stroke and thick stroke.. Please help me

@molly-suber-thorpe

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there! Thanks for your question, @dvtrbl. Procreate is absolutely the best app there is for iPad lettering, and Procreate brushes are arguably the best digital lettering brushes out there. The pressure sensitivity of the Apple Pencil combined with the programming of the brushes makes them extremely realistic - as close to real ink pens on paper that exist. However, just like with ink on paper, there is no setting for making even thick downstrokes and even thin upstrokes. This comes down to practice. (But this is a *good* thing, because you will ultimately want complete freedom to make exactly the thicknesses you desire!) Controlling pen pressure is absolutely one of the hardest parts of learning calligraphy, but I PROMISE you can learn it with the right types of practice! I have taught calligraphy for 10 years and your question is one that I hear all the time from students, so please don't feel discouraged. If you drive a car, I would ask you to remember back when you were learning how to use the brake and gas pedals. At first you were probably too heavy or too light with your foot, and the car didn't drive smoothly. (At least that was the situation for me!) But after only a short time of being persistent, you learned how those specific car pedals worked. The exact same thing happens with the iPad and Apple Pencil. You will learn the way the glass screen and Pencil tip interact, and the pressure needed for different brushes at different thicknesses. My Calligraphy Nib Brush Pack has brushes with really realistic pressure sensitivity, very similar to real pens, so you might find that helpful: mollysuberthorpe.com/product-shop/calligraphy-pen-nibs-procreate-brush-set I also highly recommend that you get some guided practice sheets for the iPad which you can slowly trace. Conveniently, I have a few of them that I give away for free! :) If you visit the link below, you can sign up to get access to all of my free downloads, many of which are practice sheets and guides for Procreate: mollysletteringtoolkit.com It's 100% free so download as many as you want! I hope this is helpful. Best, Molly

@dvtrbl

3 жыл бұрын

@@molly-suber-thorpe thank you molly i have a plan to buy your nib brush too asap .. I will keep practicing too thank you for your advice

@molly-suber-thorpe

3 жыл бұрын

@@dvtrbl Great! I JUST launched my Black Friday Sale - 50% off ALL my brush packs and fonts through Monday at midnight. Maybe that will help you get started. :) mollysuberthorpe.com/product-shop

But what kind of brush can I use for TRADITIONAL historical hands like italic or uncial? All I ever see is copperplate or Modern calligraphy!

@molly-suber-thorpe

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Maureen, You will need “broad nib” brushes for styles like Italic and Uncial. There are loads of broad tip calligraphers here on KZread offering tutorials, as well as broad tip teachers who provide learning resources and brushes. Many digital artists create broad tip Procreate brushes. It’s simply not an art form that I do, so I don’t design any. However I have compiled some of my favorite iPad lettering brushes by other designers here: calligrafile.com/ipad-lettering I hope that helps! Molly

@maureenhallahan9336

3 жыл бұрын

@@molly-suber-thorpe Many thanks Molly. I have often created broad nib brushes in Adobe Illustrator (which is actually better in some ways as it is a vector program) - but i am learning a little of Procreate and wondered why everyone is more interested in Modern Calligraphy than beautiful traditional manuscript hands? I gues the modern offers greater flexibility. Thank you again for you help. I'll give it a try.

What is the name of the leter, please

@molly-suber-thorpe

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mohamed! This is a quote by Rachel Carson. Is that what you are asking? Please clarify your question if I haven’t understood it properly. Thanks!

@mohamadrapikm.fil.i6654

2 жыл бұрын

@@molly-suber-thorpe I asked the name of the letter. Is it another form of copperplate? 🙏

@mohamadrapikm.fil.i6654

2 жыл бұрын

@@molly-suber-thorpe Btw, I have just sucscribed your Channel. I would like to learn how to write calligarphies on IPad. Would you let me know how to buy your brushes

TOO COMPLICATED FOR ME AT THIS STAGE. I'LL TRY AGAIN IN 1 YRS TIME. . . NO, SERIOUSLY. 😁