Um. Just sprinkled sea salt in my mocha and I’m Leonardo smirking. And sketching.
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Alphabet Drop
Sketching Letter Vvariations
Q by Luke
Well, it only took a few months to complete a seemingly simple task.
Originally written on Mastodon, a federated service, on April 15, 2026.
Ribboned B
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Letters C
Various Ds
Textur/fraktur e
(I did no research during this sketch. It’s just an amateur sketch of a blackletter “e” without any reference)
(Edit: I’m trying to say “I am no trained professional.” And I sincerely welcome criticism and insight!)
Now reading through en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraktur
…then I learned from Wiki that blackletter was banned by the Previous Tyrant, not promoted by him. So I feel better enjoying Blackletters fine forms without SO much design guilt or shame. Right? Is this accurate?
Various sans/ball terminal/flowing f options:
Okay, this letter G/g has been the least fruitful exploration, methinks. But still fun.
What does your favorite G look like?
Airline display H variations
All seeing i
Variable axes J
Mmm, k?
Lit L
L is kind of important to me. 😜This was fun.
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N…tropy and darkness. Epyptienne Latin Wide contrast wrecker.
The P.
Duck?
Scimitar?
Where did this come from? Dunno.
It happened in ten seconds.
Queue within.
(Kyoo? Keyu? What’s phonetic for Q?)
Radiant
Rough and robust, this R regales its roundness radically.
Ssssssss sneakily slithers.
Crystalized T
Simple geometry while in wobbly transit.
Look at this first version (2nd, 3rd fotos), what did my phone do to the top of the photo? Strange square artifacts up top.
U is for unusual
V for Verisimilitude
Few options but fun, nonetheless.
X
Are these even letters anymore?
Finally. The letter Y.
The alphabet has come to a close.
The letter(s) Z:
A few oddball shapes and ideas.
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Small mocha with added salt in-house at Pegasus coffee in Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
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The letter z from Luke’s sketchbook.
I somehow always start posts about omething I’d done by writing “I’d set about…” but this time is different.
In order to not let that happen I’m going to write it differently. Here goes:
Since I absolutely love sketching, and to give myself a task for sketching, I decided to make letters of the alphabet. Here are 26 letters.
Perhaps I should keep going with numerals?
First, let’s do Inktober, it’s October 1 today: