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Download: Keep Moving Forward Desktop Wallpaper

April 4, 2014
I had the pleasure of working with Chelsea Costa on a new desktop wallpaper series for her blog. I met her at Alt Summit over two years ago and fell in love with her clean style and honest approach to writing and crafting. When she did a call for calligraphers, of course I was on board. istillloveyou-calligraphy-melissaesplin-keep-moving-forward-quote-2 She gave me a few quotes to choose from, and about 2 weeks ago I felt like Walt Disney's quote was the most appropriate for what I needed to hear internally. Sometimes life gets overwhelming. Work bogs you down. Kids can be so much work. And the house is never clean. istillloveyou-calligraphy-melissaesplin-keep-moving-forward-quote-1 Sometimes when my to-do list gets too long for me to handle, I just stop. The mental load of having so much to do brings me to a screeching halt. I need to remind myself to keep moving forward. Because if I'm moving forward, I'm getting something done. And that's an important feeling.

Check out Chelsea's blog and download the wallpaper here.

Now if you want me to bore you with technical details, I used a #5 automatic pen and a #8 sable round brush to complete this work. I experimented with a Neuland variation and brush script. For pigments, I used Daniel Smith Phthalo Turquoise and Cobalt Teal Blue.