A fun lettering exercise

36 Minutes
of Type

I missed out on 2021’s 36 Days of Type challenge so I made it up in 36 minutes. Instead of drawing one character per day for 36 days I drew one character per minute for 36 minutes straight.

A 3 by 3 grid of paper squares with the sketches of the letters A through I.

Skills

Sketching

Lettering

Tools

Sharpies

Timer

A sketch of the letter A drawn using geometric shapes.
A sketch of the letter B drawn using repeating curved and straight lines.
A sketch of the letter C drawn using repeating straight lines.
A sketch of the letter D drawn using a swirl.
A sketch of the letter drawn E using stacked lines.
A sketch of the letter F drawn using geometric shapes.
A sketch of the letter G that is flat and wide.
A sketch of the letter H with cobweb details.
A sketch of the letter I that looks like the Eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings.
A sketch of the letter J drawn in cursive with a dotted line and arrows indicating how to draw it.
A sketch of the letter K drawn with wavy lines.
A sketch of the letter L with spiky serifs and triangle inlays.
A sketch of the letter M that looks like an upside down W.
A sketch of the letter N with a paint drip over it.
A sketch of the letter O that is just an excessive scribble of a circle.
A sketch of the letter P made out of a feather.
A sketch of the letter Q that looks vaguely like a magnifying glass.
A sketch of the letter R in cursive.
A sketch of the letter S in a graffiti style.
A sketch of the letter T made out of very shaky lines.
A sketch of the letter U with a 3D effect.
A sketch of the letter V that looks like a ram with square horns.
A sketch of the letter W in cursive.
A sketch of the letter X with on crossbar in a blackletter style and the other in a regular serif style.
A sketch of the letter Y that looks like it's melting.
A sketch of the letter Z in cursive.
A sketch of the number 0 with a thick zig zag slash across the front.
A sketch of the number 1 on a podium.
A sketch of the number 2 that looks like rope.
A sketch of the number 3 in bubble letter style.
A sketch of the number 4 made out of geometric shapes.
A sketch of the number 5 with high contrast between thick and thin strokes.
A sketch of the number 6 that looks like a maze.
A sketch of the number 7 with high contrast between thick and thin strokes.
A sketch of the number 8 with Death the Kid's face in the top circle.
A sketch of the number 9 made out of crosshatched lines.

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