Artists Join Creative Forces To Share How They Feel About The Places They Visit

A year ago around this time, I wrote a BoredPanda article about a Valentine’s Day project turned into a community project called This Type Love. At that time, I was a solo artist hand-lettering each piece with friends and family supporting the artwork. I illustrated words I thought of to define the type of love I had in my life. This project started as my own interpretation of how love was defined, and I let others physically take those hand-lettered words with them and into their city of residence with the task to interpret it in their own way. Some found love in beautiful, ornate flourishes that decorated quaint houses in their neighborhood. Some found love among a huge mountain they were hiking on to express their love of the adventure.

There was this kind of magical moment in the connection between the lettering artist working on paper and how their art piece was interpreted by the photographer.

Which brings us to today: A developed website to accompany our Instagram page and the very first artist collaboration bloomed.

I got to work with 14 talented lettering artists – some are old colleagues and some I reached out via Instagram because I had been a fangirl of their work since Instagram opened up – who created 50+ beautifully hand-lettered words for YOU to take with you on your travels. Along with the help of traveling photographers, This Type Love has evolved into an artist community all dedicated to celebrating the love of travel.

Although this project started off as a gift, it has evolved into something bigger. It has become a form of personal discovery to defining love in your own way. Because let’s face it, there’s really no right or wrong answer to what it is.

So just like I challenged these artists, I challenge YOU to find what #thistypelove looks like in your city and in the places you visit. Take your eyes off your Smartphone during your daily commute; is there something that you’ve been missing? Something that you’re bound to see in a new light? Or maybe you’re traveling to someplace new. Look around and maybe you’ll come across a new experience that’ll resonate with you.

For more information on the project, visit www.thistype.love where you can check out our featured artists, sign up to take a photo or even inquire to join our community of artists. We’re based on Instagram at www.instagram.com/thistypelove where you can view everybody’s photo submissions.

More info: thistype.love