Digital Hand Lettering and Modern Calligraphy: Essential Techniques Plus Step-by-Step Tutorials for Scanning, Editing, and Creating on a Tablet

Beautiful book! Met Shelly at a class in Dallas and bought this book the next day. She has a great way of explaining each technique in a way that doesn't confuse a beginner, but also doesn't bore someone with experience in calligraphy. Her positivity and loving approach to the art and to teaching comes through just as strong in this book as her classes. Shelly is an inspirational person and her approach to calligraphy is easy to understand, beautiful, and helps create a wonderful end result.The drill and practice pages within the book can be easily copied and printed out for continued practice (and do overs and the first time or two or three needs extra love!). The beginning of the book has recommendations on tools, including thin and thick pens/markers and different kinds of paper for practice and projects. There are also motivational tips and quotes scattered throughout the book from Shelly to keep you going.Currently working through the several projects detailed out in the book. They're focused on the digital aspect, but can still be completed if you don't have an iPad and prefer to use paint and ink.Looking forward to finishing this book and to future projects. Five stars.

I am so glad I ordered this book! I have been using Procreate on my iPad for a while for drawing but never quite grasped how to letter on my own. I ordered this book as soon as I heard about it and have no regrets! After doing the drills for maybe an hour, I became familiar and comfortable enough to start developing my own calligraphy style! The step-by-steps are so helpful and Shelly Kim put a lot of effort into making sure that the directions are clear! I would recommend this to anyone wanting to learn digit modern calligraphy!!!

I have been waiting for this book to come out and now that I have it in hand, I am excited to see all the content that is inside this book. It's provides a wealth of knowledge and information that will help me be more productive with my creative journey as an aspiring lettering artist. It covers a variety of different methods, tips and tricks that will prove to be useful for the current and future me. I would highly recommend to anybody who would like to get into learning how to letter in a variety of ways!

I Recently received this awesome hand lettering book by Shelly and I love it!There are two main parts to the book, a hand lettering calligraphy part that goes deep into the tips and techniques that Shelly always recommends to beginners, and a digitizing and iPad lettering part. Both parts are well organized and easy to follow and offer a way for a beginner to enter into hand lettering.I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to get started with hand lettered calligraphy and digital iPad lettering.

This book is full of so much helpful information on tools to get started with for calligraphy, how to digitize your lettering, ipad lettering and easy to follow projects. The instructions are clear, concise and easy to understand. I'm not a techy person and even I could understand it. The step by step photos make it easy to follow along, too. A must have if you want to learn more about calligraphy and digital hand lettering.

This book is great whether you’re a beginner or someone who’s been lettering for a while. I have learned a lot of helpful tips with this book and am so excited to apply it to new projects! I’ve bought quite a few hand lettering books but this one is my by far my favorite. It’s very user friendly and so easy to follow. I also love that it has tips for lettering on paper as well as lettering on an iPad. Thank you Shelley for an amazing guide!

It is about time these amazing artists shared some of their Procreate lettering tips and tricks in book form. I love video tutorials, but I love being able to have a tangible product next to my iPad to flip through and refer to. I am so happy to have discovered Shelly Kim's book (and work) two days before release. My only regret is not following her sooner as this book highlights easy-to-follow tips and tricks with her beautiful work. Well done!

I love Shelly Kim's style! I have followed her work a few years now and it's always so amazing to see all the beautiful projects she creates. I was so excited when I saw she was releasing her book and now I'm so excited I own a copy! She explains everything so well. This should definitely be a book to purchase of you are trying to learn Modern Calligraphy!

Very useful and great book. Unfortunately my book did come a bit bent but that was likely the shippers fault.

This book is a game-changer for me! I've been looking to use more hand lettering in my personal crafting projects, but couldn't quite get the hang of all the Procreate details. This book is an easy to understand, step-by-step guide that's easy to follow.Friendly writing and simple guidelines have made this a new favourite!