I decided to resurrect my blog and pivot to the arts. I've started taking doing calligraphy a little more seriously, so I wanted to document what I'm doing. I might start with a gallery of what I've done so far. Or I think I might instead just pick up from what I'm currently doing and go from there. Maybe fill in earlier stuff as time allows.
History: I started with textura quadrata (gothic), since it clicked the best in my mind/hand. That's all I did for a while. Then I started branching out a little, kiiiiinda matching the 2 or 3 hands to the style of illumination, but always defaulting to gothic.
I did try to learn how to do cadels in the interest of being able to do a scroll entirely by myself. But honestly it's too much "arty" for me to grasp. That's why I don't do the illumination, I can't paint. Nor do I find any joy in doing it. Plus there's way more people who only want to do illumination than want to do calligraphy, so I feel it works out.
So anyway, watch this space for more updates.
