september calendar 2017 desktop wallpaper

This month was the last reopening of Learn Font Making for the year (now closed, get notified of the next opening here).

Here’s a little background from this past month! I like to recap the month and look ahead in these wallpaper posts. I’ve left the year off of the ‘no-dates’ versions, so you can use it for any September in the future, too! The download includes the wallpapers in two common resolutions: 1280x1024px and 1920x1080px, with and without dates.

All days of the week (R is for Thursday to avoid two same sized T’s) and numbers were typeset using the caps style of my font, Espresso Roast. It was scanned in, with contrast enhanced in photoshop and a watercolor paper texture added to the background. Martin’s black concentrated watercolor (3-4 drops of water per drop of watercolor) on copy paper. I’ve never created a wallpaper like this before, or fully black and white, so it felt good to change things up a little 🙂 The lettering was created using this no.0 round Winsor & Newton Cotman brush with this slightly diluted Dr. It’s the last Thursday in August, which means it’s time for your free September 2017 desktop wallpapers! I’ve been experimenting with freehand brush lettering quite a bit lately (check out some examples on my instagram), so I thought it would be fun to bring that into a wallpaper.

September calendar 2017 desktop wallpaper