The Shit Series | Part 1
The Shit Series | Part 1: Post 1 - Post 25
Post number #1:
Shit will hit the fan
I learned about this expression from Ken Ticker during our monthly Saturday dinner meet ups at his house.
Style: Copperplate calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ Walnut ink
→ Golden gouache paint
→ William Mitchell elbow nib
→ Straight pen holder
Post number #2:
as rare as rocking horse shit
Post thanks to the contribution of Ken Tickner.
Style: Italic calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ Pilot Parallel Pen 2.4mm
→ Black fine liner
→ Galgo 70gsm paper
Post number #3:
BUILT LIKE A BRICK SHIT HOUSE
Contribution from Sarah Graham while camping at The Prom (Australia) and trying to scare a wombat who showed up without an invite.
Style: Fraktur calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ Pilot Parallel Pen 3.8mm
→ 300gsm watercolour paper
Post number #4:
all over it like flies on shit
Post thanks to the contribution of Viki Wright while having a few beers in Bairnsdale, VIC.
Style: Italic calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ Pilot Parallel Pen 3.8mm
→ Canson XL Marker paper 70gsm
Post number #5:
JUST FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES
Style: Script hand lettering.
MATERIALS
→ Pentel Hybrid Technica 0.3mm
→ Tracing paper
Post number #6:
I AM SHITTING MY PANTS, I SHIT YOU NOT
This post is about my feelings after my solo exhibition. Having a project ahead with a specific deadline helped me a lot to be motivated and extremely focused.
After the exhibition I felt really lost, looking around and asking myself way too many questions: “What’s next? When am I going to get paid again? Where am I going now?” I was really scared.
Now I am still fighting and trying to find my next project to keep myself happy for the next months.
Style: Neuland calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ Bamboo pen
→ Walnut ink
→ Liquid watercolours
Post number #7:
SHIT!
Playing with a Tombow pen for the first time.
Style: Script brush pen calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ Tombow pen
→ Canson XL Marker paper 70gsm
Post number #8:
you are shitting me up the wall
Post thanks to the contribution of my studio buddy and a great photographer, Teagan Glenane.
MATERIALS
→ Pilot Parallel Pen 1.5mm
→ Canson XL Marker paper 70gsm
Post number #9:
you don't know jack shit
This post is about the feeling when you think you know something but in reality you know nothing at all!
A while ago I attended a “Type by Hand” workshop with Wayne Thompson and Carla Hackett. I thought I knew how to write letterforms since I tried a Tombow pen and I felt I have never held a pen before.
MATERIALS
→ Tombow Pen
→ Canson XL Marker paper 70gsm
Post number #10:
no shit sherlock
Thanks to the contribution of Rob Tickner.
Style: Brush pen calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ Daiso brush pen
→ Pentel Sign Brush pen
Post number #11:
get your shit together
This post is about pushing myself forward, finding the good energy, working harder and remembering how lucky I am for doing what I love for a living.
Style: Copperplate calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ William Mitchell elbow nib
→ Liquid watercolours
Post number #12:
Honey, I know you like to think your shit don’t stink
This post is about my non-romantic approach to the commercialised St. Valentine’s Day.
Style: Neuland calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ Bamboo pen
→ Walnut ink
→ Liquid watercolours
Post number #13:
same old shit
This post is about going through a very tough personal time and using calligraphy to meditate and calm myself down.
Style: Italic calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ Brause & Co 3mm, 2mm and 1mm nibs
→ Liquid watercolours
Post number #14:
bat shit crazy
This post is about approaching the end of February and feeling like I haven’t accomplished anything yet.
Style: Modern Carolingian calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ Brause & Co 3mm nib
→ Liquid watercolours
Post number #15:
losing my shit
This post is about dealing with personal problems and not being able to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Style: Brush pen calligraphy
MATERIALS
→ Daiso brush pen
→ Black fine liner
→ Golden and white gel pens
Post number #16:
You little shit stirrer
Thanks to the contribution of Teagan Glenane.
Style: Fraktur calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ Pilot Parallel Pen
→ 300gsm Canson Watercolour paper
Post number #17:
all professional and shit
Thanks to the contribution of my studio buddy and great photographer Peter Tarasiuk.
Style: Brush pen calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ Daiso brush pen
→ 300gsm Canson Basik paper
Post number #18:
panna cotta is the shit
Thanks to the contribution of Rhianna Hobbs.
Style: Modern Carolingian calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ Brause 3mm broad nib
→ Liquid watercolours
→ Pentel Aquash Brush
Post number #19:
holy shitballs batman
Thanks to the contribution of Robert Tickner.
Style: Modern Carolingian calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ Brause 3mm broad nib
→ Liquid watercolours
→ Pentel Aquash Brush
Post number #20:
you do so much cool shit
One blogger says to the other while attending a private whisky event in the city.
Style: Fraktur calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ 6mm Pilot Parallel Pen
→ Liquid watercolours
Post number #21:
shit yeah!
Thanks to the contribution of Ben Tovell.
Style: Fraktur calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ 3mm Brause broad nib
→ Liquid watercolours
Post number #22:
up shit creek without a paddle
Contribution by Rebecca Olivieri.
Style: Neuland calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ Neuland calligraphy
→ Liquid watercolours
Post number #23:
get shit done
Style: Skeleton Roman Capitals calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ 1.5mm Brause broad nib
→ Walnut ink
Post number #24:
that's shithouse mate
Thanks to the contribution of Teagan Glenane and Lauren Vilitati.
Style: Modern Carolingian calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ 3mm Brause broad nib
→ Walnut ink
Post number #25:
you gotta be shitting me
This post is a joke about displaying a broad nib when I am actually using a flexible pointed one to write Copperplate calligraphy. I don’t think anyone on Instagram noticed though!
Style: Copperplate calligraphy.
MATERIALS
→ Nikko G pointed flexible nib
→ Walnut ink
→ Liquid watercolours
The Shit Series: Part 1
PROJECT BACKGROUND
The Shit Series is a personal project that kick started by my fascination with language and all the colloquial ways Aussies use the word shit.
Since its infancy back in January 2016, this series have grown through organic collaboration and using calligraphy, hand lettering, vector lettering and typography.
The inspiration behind these series is my Catalan Christmas celebrations. On Christmas Eve in Catalonia, we celebrate the “caga tió” (Christmas log that shits presents). We also feature the “caganer” (the shitter) in our Christmas nativity scene.
With this project I'm building a cultural bridge between my two homes, while using each popular saying as a biographical mirror of how I feel on each given day.
My Shit Series have taught me a lot of Australian slang. Check out the entire project, the inspiration behind each post and the tools I have used to create them; Good shit guaranteed!
