A Sketch a day 10

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#Sketch a day 10 – LETTER J
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu

Train journeys are a way of life for me at the moment. For the last two years I have travelled by train to see my fiancee, firstly in Liverpool and now in Kingston. I couldn’t even calculate the miles even if I tried. But train journeys make me consider our own journeys in life, the connections we make and the destinations we reach. We change platforms every single day. We get delayed in our daily life. However what is our attitude towards them.

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A Sketch a day 09

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#Sketch a day 08 – LETTER I
“A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night” – Marilyn vos Savant

Thinking of ideas as a graphic designer is sometimes a real challenge, especially when you have many projects on the go at one time. Ideas are a process – they are a path you walk along until you find the solution. As a designer the path could be short or it could turn into a long stroll, but we must persevere until we find whats at the end of that path. If nothing, then we must press on and make a new path, to reach a new idea.

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A Sketch a day 08

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#Sketch a day 08 – LETTER H
The Oxfordshire couple helping those in need in Calais 

This letter sketch has been inspired my old work colleague Andy Bailey. Andy and his wife Hannah from Witney have made a choice and decided to personally help deliver aid to a migrant camp in Calais. They’ve handed out a car full of camping equipment – most of it had been donated from friends through social media. It’s now thought more than 5000 migrants are in need of help.

You can see the BBC South Today news piece here: https://goo.gl/RkgEu8

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A Sketch a day 06

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#Sketch a day 06 – LETTER F
 Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assistance about what we do not see.

We all put our faith in something. The chair we sit on. The car we drive in. The pilot who flies the plane we are travelling in. It could be anything. But what really anchors our soul? What really is safe and secure? What do we put our faith in?

A sketch a day 05

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#Sketch a day 05 – LETTER E
Elegant – To be graceful and stylish in appearance or manner

I wanted to look at some different typographic styles and so today’s letter is a calligraphy/script style design, which is very elegant in appearance. The challenge however is – can I create more letters using this style without downloading a font?

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A sketch a day 03

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#Sketch a day 03 – LETTER C
‘My Shengshou 4×4 rubik cube came today!’ – Luke

Day three is inspired by friends of mine Guy and Luke. They are Father and son and love the Rubik’s cube big time. They carry it around with them, do it on the bus, do it walking down the street. If you bump into them, I guarantee they will have a rubik cube in their hands.

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