How to: Do A Galaxy Effect

Sometimes I like to add some quick flair to my lettering, and I’m often asked how I add a bit of a Galaxy effect to my words.  So in a few steps, here’s how you can too!

With just a few supplies, you can add a beautiful galaxy effect to your lettering // http://www.prettyprintsandpaper.com

Supplies:

• Your favorite brush pen – in this case the bigger brush the better.  In this tutorial I use Tombow Dual Brush Pens, and I’m also a huge fan of Sai brush pens or Zig Brushables.
• A ruler
• A white gel pen – I’m using a Uniball Signo which I LOVE.
• Any paper will do – I’m using a sketchbook from TJMaxx.
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With just a few supplies and steps, you can add a beautiful galaxy effect to your lettering // http://www.prettyprintsandpaper.com

Some tips:

• Go slowly with the white pen to get even and opaque ink flow
• Vary your angles a bit throughout the strokes
• If you are a pro with your Tombows, blend some purple onto your blue brush to get an even better galaxy effect! (that’ll be another day!)
• Add more ink to a few random dots for the “bright stars” by dabbing the tip a few times on the dot
• Get some more INSANELY beautiful inspiration from the person who inspired me, @ascorbiceline.

Easy enough! Are you trying it out? Let me know in the comments or tag me on Instagram @prettyprintsandpaper.

If you liked this post, you might also like my tips on how to create beautiful gradients with colored pencil.

Yours,

Jessica

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