Design Inspiration: Blackboard Artwork

Today’s first design inspiration is Letters in Ink, which features a couple images taken of artwork done on blackboards. There’s something really unique about blackboard artwork. I’m not sure what gives it that extra ‘something’ that gets me interested, but I have a few guesses. First of all, it’s a white on black design rather than a black on white design which most of us are used to. You can also create some interesting shading using  the chalk itself and the eraser. By using the side of the chalk, you can create a light, airy looking fill rather than creating solid, defined lines. Using the eraser, you can remove different amounts of chalk, push or smear some of it around, and create hard lines using black in contrast to a white fill.

Those details above all help bring this medium its own unique style but I think the one that takes the cake is the typography. All typography is hand-made which often means small, sometimes unnoticeable,  imperfections. These give the piece more character to me. You can use multiple fonts, font weights, write on a path, add decorative elements, almost anything you can imagine. How do you feel about blackboard artwork?