Christmas Tags | Free Printable

Christmas is approaching fast, so I’d love to share with you some free printable Christmas tags. You can leave them as they are or write names on the front or the back side. These tags look better on a thick white paper, but you can also print them on some kind of crafty or colorful paper. Let me know how it works for you! 

P. S. If you like these Christmas tags and need more hand drawn Christmas trees to make your own tags or a wrapping paper, check out my Christmas Trees: Objects and Patterns on Creative Market. 

New in Portfolio: Calligraphy Projects

Over the last few weeks I was working on my portfolio and now I'm glad to share some of my new calligraphy projects. One of the most challenging parts was working with different types of paper. I found that every paper has its own mood, its own particular statement, which should be matched and highlighed with a style of writing. Most of the times it's impossible to write a classic Copperplate on a textured paper, since all letters (and especially thin lines) become too shaky. But the same textured paper might be great for a more relaxed calligraphy style with bouncing letters and a certain level of inconsistency. As a calligrapher I can choose the paper, but the paper will choose the style of my calligraphy. Or at least it will greatly influence my writing. I realized that working with different paper is pushing me out of my comfort zone and towards trying new styles and exploring some more expressive writing. And I'm looking forward to doing so. 

Free Desktop Calendar: November

October is almost over and I'm ready to share a free calendar for November with you, guys. Also I would be really glad to get some feedback. Maybe you'd like to get a printable version? Maybe a monthly planner? Let me know your preferences! I will be glad to adjust my freebies and create something that you actually need. Feel free to share your ideas in a comment or just make few clicks below and press the button “Submit.” 

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Christmas Trees Collection: Decorative Elements and Patterns

I know, it’s still too early to talk about Christmas, but if you are a creative entrepreneur or a small business owner, probably you are already preparing something special for winter holidays. To make the design process easier, I’ve created a collection of Christmas trees: a total of 100 hand drawn objects. Together with 12 seamless patterns, this collection will help you to decorate both print and digital designs, such as wrapping paper, greeting cards, towels, cushions, banners, backgrounds, etc. As always, these objects and patterns are available in vector format, so you can adjust colors as you like. 

You can find more about this collection on Creative Market. I hope you’ll enjoy it!

Wedding Collection inspired by Paris in the snow

My first wedding collection was inspired by Paris in the snow: minimalistic, classy and with lots of cold grey colors. Why Paris and snow? Since this time I was kinda my own client, I decided to draw inspiration from my own little story. I’ve lived in France for 3 years during my studies and I was obsessed with french culture, traditions, and Paris (of course!) Luckily, I lived quite close to this amazing city and was traveling there often.

One winter day I was visiting Paris, and suddenly it started to snow. My shoes were not ready for that, and my feet became wet immediately, but who cares? Paris was amazing that day. The entire city was transformed into incredibly beautiful snowy fairy tale. I was walking around and enjoying the moment. After that small adventure I strongly believe that Paris is the best when it snows (I bet right now that french girl from Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris” is skeptically shaking her head and saying “Actually, Paris is most beautiful in the rain…”)

Since the snowy weather is not common in Paris, the whole experience became even more special for me. If you still feel too warm, here is my shot from that special day, taken with cold shaking hands:

Now back to calligraphy. To keep my work consistent and within a certain visual frame, I decided to create a mood board that reflects the desired colors and feelings.

Mood board for the Wedding Collection "Paris in the snow" by Type and Graphics Lab.
Image references: 1. Pinterest, original source unknown. 2. David Downton 3. "Rouen, place Cauchoise sous la neige," Charles Frechon. 4. Yao Cheng. 5. Pinterest, original source unknown.

My mood board was really helpful, and I was constantly referencing it to keep the right feelings and mood in mind. I didn’t include any calligraphy work in my moodboard for one particular reason: it’s extremely easy to get too much inspiration from other calligraphers and unintentionally copy some of their work. Having no particular examples in front of my eyes was the best thing to boost my own creativity.

Sketching ideas was probably the most time consuming phase. But when I determined the whole layout, the implementation was pretty straightforward. Another time consuming task was taking photos. Hopefully, next time I’m going to collaborate with a photographer for a photo shooting (Universe, you’ve heard me!)

That’s all for today, folks. I hope that you liked this work. Stay tuned for more fun things coming up!

Portfolio Update & Free Calendar

For the last couple of weeks, I've been working on my portfolio and website updates. Recently I reached the point when all my design passions could be narrowed down to drawing letters and creating patterns. I used to do other design projects, and I enjoyed all of them, but at the end of the day I always find that handcrafting letters or patterns is the most fun and enjoyable thing for me. Moreover, I am going to add some calligraphy work in my portfolio soon, so stay tuned. And don't forget to download the free calendar! 

Pattern Collection: Lines and Brush Strokes

I am glad to introduce a new collection of 20 seamless patterns with lines and brush strokes. They have a textured look and can be used to decorate your print designs (cards, wrapping paper), textile (t-shirts, towels, cushions), as well as web designs (blogs, banners, backgrounds), etc. Check out the previews for inspiration!

As always, I provide these patterns in following formats:

• vector EPS10 and AI files;

• PNG files with a transparent background (2083 x 2083 pixels, 300 dpi);

• JPG files (2083 x 2083 pixels, 300 dpi). 

This collection is available on Creative Market. Try a free sample here.

I hope you enjoy them!