{"id":4644,"date":"2021-10-21T21:36:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T01:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/yesand\/?p=4644"},"modified":"2022-02-08T11:45:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T16:45:37","slug":"4644","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/yesand\/2021\/10\/21\/4644\/","title":{"rendered":"Blobby Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4645\" src=\"https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/yesand\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bubble-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/yesand\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bubble-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/yesand\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bubble-821x1024.jpg 821w, https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/yesand\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bubble-768x958.jpg 768w, https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/yesand\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bubble-640x799.jpg 640w, https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/yesand\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bubble-401x500.jpg 401w, https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/yesand\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bubble.jpg 867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m feeling nostalgic for blobby letters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artist Lindsay Arakawa, also known as @blindsaay on Instagram, makes completely addictive bubble letters. The digital art pieces that populate her Instagram cleverly combine hand-lettering with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">film <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">photography. Arakawa\u2019s online portfolio reads a lot like a personal diary: the digital pieces in her Insta gallery often are made of completely beautiful mundane photos that are then paired with her iconic letters that make mesmerizing layouts.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The letters will often come together to create words, thoughts, quotes etc. that further contextualize the photo. I think a lot of Arakawa\u2019s popularity stems from her hand-lettered affirmations. For example, a recent post reads \u201cyour progress does not need to be seen or validated by other people.\u201d The letters are painted with iridescent pastels and outlined with a gritty, charcoal digital pencil. They reflect just as bubbles might; highlighted with white bubbly marks. The quote sits on top of a blurry photo of a busy street filled with masked people &#8211; it seems like she took this photo on a walk to work, maybe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, hand-lettered affirmation accounts are popular all over Instagram. I think I\u2019ve followed Arakawa\u2019s work for so long because of her insistence on experimentation with texture, color, and layout. I\u2019ve always been inspired, visually, by her craft. The affirmations are a delightful bonus.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot of my interest in design began with hand-lettering. Typography, in particular, was very intimidating; drawing letters, instead, seemed like a safe introduction to understanding letters. Can you tell I\u2019ve been drawing lots of bubble letters?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m feeling nostalgic for blobby letters.\u00a0Artist Lindsay Arakawa, also known as @blindsaay on Instagram, makes completely addictive bubble letters. The digital art pieces that populate her Instagram cleverly combine hand-lettering with film photography. 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