Designing a new flag for my bike

I'm part of a group called "Climate Revolutions by Bike", and we say that "Biking is a radical climate action". Yesterday I started a design for a flag that says just that. 

I'm making a stencil so that anyone else from our group can easily make a similar flag- I'll probably have a flag stenciling party sometime this summer!

The first step was to design the lettering. (Lettering is my super power, because I studied and taught calligraphy for 15 years.) I need to write a whole page here on lettering, but for now I'll just say-

1. Collect samples of lettering that you like.
2. Pay attention to the spacing between letters.

1. Rough sketch of my new flag.

I found these letters in a poster book and made a rough sketch of the words with pencil, then inked it quickly with a fat Sharpie. 

2. Inked with a Sharpie.

3. Then I cut the words apart to rearrange.

4. Then I traced over the words in their new arrangement.

Note: I use Sharpie for two reasons- because the contrast helps me to see spacing errors and because it's easy to make an overlay like this to trace over them.

4. Final plan.

The next step will be to cut the stencil! Check back tomorrow!