Pride, Work and Necessity of Side Projects: Graphic Designer Belinda Kou Cultivates Her Hand-Lettering Craft

What are you working on—on the side?

For the past year and a half, I have been challenging myself to hand-letter on a regular basis. It began as random doodles that I would draw here and there, in the margins of the day, until I decided to really focus and commit to a 100-Day Project of daily lettering. It challenged me to practice consistently and embrace progress over perfection, which was my biggest hurdle at the time to create anything outside of work. I ended up creating an Instagram acco...