It is important to find a balance or a compromise between realism and readability. In doing so, we try to draw the lines really the way you would lay them with a rope.Ĭorners are reduced and loops are usually larger. If you want your rope lettering to be even more realistic, you have to abstract your letters a bit. The white rope on the brown background looks completely different again – but also super chic! Using natural forms In my example I used a white POSCA marker on kraft paper. Then you don’t have to add the outlines afterwards either. Tip: Alternatively, you can create the basic shape with a thick, round marker. With this approach, the rope is created practically line by line. This is achieved by drawing the pattern with some kind of curve.Īs with a real rope, this will create areas of varying thickness. If you want to make your rope a little more realistic, you can draw it without an outer contour. If you want to color the rope afterwards, you should use a waterproof fineliner for the outlines and the pattern. Your rope lettering font also is a great style for a focus word in longer lettering compositions. Adding colorīy coloring the rope in brown you get a charming maritime look.
How to draw rope design on nails full#
So: music on, head (almost) off and full concentration!Īlways attach the elongated “S” in the direction of the rope to create the typical rope pattern.
Once your basic shape is finished, an almost meditative process follows: we have to apply our rope pattern line by line to our letters. You can then erase the pencil lines completely. Drawing the patternįirst, you now trace all the outer lines with your fineliner so that only the shape of the rope remains.
Here you can already define where the rope overlaps – and which part is on top or bottom. In the second step, you draw a border around the previously drawn line, always with the same distance between them. You should make this preliminary drawing with a pencil. After all, the rope is always the same thickness. The basis for rope lettering is a lettering with thick, consistent line width.