This is a scan of a hand-rendered “F-01” I sketched.
Medium: pencil and marker on grid paper.

I wanted to mix the styles of illuminated manuscripts and flourished capitals with my graffiti style. The idea first occurred to me by seeing black letter type and how it is used a lot in Hip Hop culture especially in the west coast and in Breakin' (break dance) culture. The qualities that inspired me the most about flourished capitals are the quality lines and shapes you can get. The grid helped me getting some nice vertical and horizontal lines. I also felt being too strict with the grid restricted the style I wanted to achieve. This is a dominant funky f.