I’ve always had a thing for cursive. In grade school, handwriting was one of my favorite “subjects” and to this day, nothing is more therapeutic than sitting down with a marker and paper and just drawing random words & phrases. It wasn’t until college when I realized what you could actually do with simple hand lettering. If you go on Pinterest and do a simple “hand typography” search, you will see millions of amazing pieces. Some crazy detailed, and some just simple words. But no matter how intricate it is, you can always seem to see the designer’s personality shine through. Whether that be with the words they are writing, or the “flowy-ness” of their pen, you can always tell a little bit about them simply by the look of the piece.
And that’s what I love most about the freedom of art. To do exactly what you want to do. I’ve said it before, but the times I design best is when I turn off my computer and let the ideas flow on paper. The times when the influence or inspiration of the web is shut off.
And that’s how these cards were created. On simple white computer paper & a marker. After scanning in the drawing, I did a bit of digitizing, threw on some grunge texture & color, and called it day. (If you want to see the actual “before-computer” drawing, you can hop on over to my Instagram.)
Download the Free Printable Note Cards “Oh Hey”
These printable note cards are available to download for free above, and would make a perfect “just because” card. Because nothing says, “Oh hey” like a “Oh hey” card, right? Right.
Alissa says
Oh hey! Already downloaded and printing as I type this! LOVE!
Melissa says
Woo! I love hearing that my printables are being put to use! :)
Lauren Hay says
I adore the type you’ve used! And I find it ironic and funny that you’ve made the print as “Oh Hey”, as my “designer & blogger identity” is OhHay! haha!
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Melissa says
Thank you! I obviously have to go check out your blog now, as Oh Hey is one of my favorite greetings & I have to see how you brought that into branding!
Lauren Hay says
haha thanks! :) I originally had it as a speech bubble but I changed it with the rest of my blog design recently :) It’s also quote a popular greeting on my end with people constantly saying “Oh Hay Lauren Hay!”. Very cheesy haha!
Agus says
Adorable! so cute! I have just discover your blog, is so pretty!
Greetings from Argentina,
Agus
Melissa says
Thank you, Agus!
Victoria says
Very, very cute!!
Melissa says
Thank you!
Kim says
These are totally gorgeous! I’ve linked to this from my blog…hope that’s alright! Love your work :)
Melissa says
Of course it’s alright. Thanks for spreading the word!