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Lydia Stutzman

@thelydiary.bsky.social

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✱ Art director & graphic designer for nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, artists, advocates & activists ✺ Cat: #LuckyPenne | Kindness Monster | she/her ❂ Support libraries & local ➸ Credit artists Cbus, OH ☻ Lydiary.com

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Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · May 8

All together! 36 hand-drawn, hand-carved characters printed together. Ink on paper. Each letter is 2x2 inches.

#artsky #linocut #printmaking #alphabet #lettering #typography #36daysoftype

36 hand-drawn, hand-carved characters printed together. Ranger ink on drawing paper. Each letter is 2x2 inches and bright colors

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Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · Jan 29

🩷 You are brave, but take care of yourselves out there!

#booksky #frogandtoad

Frog and Toad from the children’s book “Frog & Toad are Friends” are looking at their reflection in the mirror. Text on the page reads:

“We look brave,” said Frog.

“Yes, but are we?” Asked Toad.

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Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thanks so much! A lot of my test prints were layered and stacked in different ways, they felt a lot more like Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.

Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · Jul 5

Happy #Caturday! Has your cat tried lemongrass yet? It’s Penne’s favorite.

#catsky #cats #LuckyPenne

Photo: tortoise shell cat with green eyes looks up to camera through bright green blades of lemongrass planted in a flower pot.

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Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · Jun 21

Some quick freehand pattern hand-printed notebooks. Plate made from a recycled styrofoam sheet.

#artsky #printmaking #handmade

Photo: Hand-printed notebooks with a pattern of flowers printed in green on Kraft paper

Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · Jun 11

“Refugees come with empty hands, but not empty heads.” —Tariq Tarey, Documentary Photographer

#SupportRefugees #StandUpForImmigrants #artsky #lettering #design

Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · Jun 3

(C)OFFEE
📍 Dayton, Ohio

#foundtype #artsky #typehunting

Photo: Vintage red sign letters on the side of a building spelling the word Coffee, but the C is missing (just a ghost of the letter remains). There is a blue sky above and red white and blue bunting below.

Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · May 24

“Your self-worth shouldn’t come from how someone else treats you.” —poetrybyboots

@typeincbus.bsky.social 📍Franklinton, Columbus, Ohio

#artsky #poetry #foundtype

Photo of a utility box with spray painter stencil words reading : “Your self-worth shouldn’t come from how someone else treats you.” —poetrybyboots

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Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · May 16

#LuckyPenne smells the flowers.

#catsky

Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · May 8

Thank you, Charlotte! This one was fun to put together. Testing some print variations soon!

Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · May 8

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed ✨

Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · May 8

All together! 36 hand-drawn, hand-carved characters printed together. Ink on paper. Each letter is 2x2 inches.

#artsky #linocut #printmaking #alphabet #lettering #typography #36daysoftype

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Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · May 2

Thanks so much!

Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · May 1

Thanks so much! 🥰

Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · May 1

A/Z

#artsky #linocut #printmaking #artmaking

Linocut and letters A and Z overlapping directly on top of each other printed in cyan and magenta semi-transparent ink on white paper.

Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · Apr 27

X/Y, Y/Z

All the letters are ready!

#artsky #linocut #printmaking #handlettering #typography

Letter Y printed over letter Z in green and yellow

Letter Y linocut and printed on paper in yellow

Letter Z printed over letter Y in magenta and yellow

Letter Z linocut and printed on paper in magenta

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Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · Apr 26

V/W, W/X

#printmaking #linocut #stampmaking #artsky

Custom lettered V and W linocut and stamped onto white paper in orange and purple

Custom lettered W linocut and stamped onto white paper in purple

Custom lettered X and W linocut and stamped onto white paper in green and purple

Custom lettered X linocut and stamped onto white paper in bright green

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Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · Apr 26

T/U, U/V

#artsky #printmaking #36daysoftype

Letter U linocut and stamped on paper in magenta

Letter V linocut and stamped on paper in orange

Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · Apr 23

R/S, S/T

#artsky #printmaking

Photo: Letters R and S stamped onto a paper square, overlapping in purple and bright green

Photo: Linocut letter S stamp and letter S stamped onto a square of paper in bright green

Photo: Letters S and T stamped onto a paper square, overlapping in yellow and bright green

Photo: Linocut letter T stamp and letter T stamped onto a square of paper in yellow

Lydia Stutzman @thelydiary.bsky.social · Apr 22

Happy Earth Day! Here’s one of the shirt designs I got to illustrate and letter for K.S. Wild this year, featuring two salmon from the Klamath-Siskiyou region of southwest Oregon and northwest California.

#artsky #handlettering #illustration #typography