Watch a Calligrapher Perfectly Draw Famous Logos From Scratch With Pen and Ink

Remember when you were in middle school and you would doodle the logo of your favorite band on your Trapper Keeper? The Led Zeppelin logo, or Tupac's face, or the Grateful Dead bears? You'd feel like a badass when you came even remotely close to the original.

In that same spirit, here's a series of time-lapse Instagram videos from Sebastian "Seb" Lester—an English designer and calligrapher who's got some prettty impressive clients under his belt. 

Watch below as Seb magically re-creates the logos and marks of iconic brands like Google, Adidas, Star Wars and Converse with pen and ink and a steady hand. Lester says of his passion for language and lettering: "I find the Latin alphabet to be one of mankind's most beautiful and profound creations."

 

A video posted by Seb Lester (@seblester) on Mar 10, 2015 at 6:09am PDT

A video posted by Seb Lester (@seblester) on Mar 10, 2015 at 6:09am PDT

 

A video posted by Seb Lester (@seblester) on Mar 2, 2015 at 8:36am PST

 

A video posted by Seb Lester (@seblester) on Mar 22, 2015 at 6:01am PDT

 

A video posted by Seb Lester (@seblester) on Mar 25, 2015 at 7:35am PDT

 

A video posted by Seb Lester (@seblester) on Mar 19, 2015 at 6:18am PDT

 

A video posted by Seb Lester (@seblester) on Mar 15, 2015 at 7:47am PDT

 

A video posted by Seb Lester (@seblester) on Mar 8, 2015 at 6:59am PDT

 

A video posted by Seb Lester (@seblester) on Jan 26, 2015 at 7:34am PST

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