2016–2019

Doodles

38 hand-lettered cards: first with a Micron pen in a notebook, then on an iPad in Procreate, shared on Instagram as @iloveoptimists. Tap any one to see it big.

In a notebook, 2016

Micron pens on lined paper and white cards.

Help One Person, hand-lettered by Travis
Help One PersonDecember 2016The essay it became: Focus on One Person →
Show Your Work, hand-lettered by Travis
Show Your WorkDecember 2016
Half Full, hand-lettered by Travis
Half FullMay 2016The research on optimism →
Today Is a Good Day, hand-lettered by Travis
Today Is a Good DayMay 2016
Life Is Good, hand-lettered by Travis
Life Is GoodMay 2016
Be Kind, hand-lettered by Travis
Be KindJune 2016One of the seven on Focus →
All Good Ideas Are Crazy Until They Aren’t, hand-lettered by Travis
All Good Ideas Are Crazy Until They Aren’tJune 2016
Surround Yourself With Great People and Great Books, hand-lettered by Travis
Surround Yourself With Great People and Great BooksMay 2016
The Mind Is Everything… What You Think You Become, hand-lettered by Travis
The Mind Is Everything… What You Think You BecomeMay 2016
Don’t Be Too Hard on Yourself, You Are Doing Your Best, hand-lettered by Travis
Don’t Be Too Hard on Yourself, You Are Doing Your BestMay 2016
It’s Not Perfect, Ship It Anyway, hand-lettered by Travis
It’s Not Perfect, Ship It AnywayMay 2016
Happy People Have Projects, hand-lettered by Travis
Happy People Have ProjectsMay 2016Projects →
Build Your Own Platform, hand-lettered by Travis
Build Your Own PlatformApril 2016Tech Independence →
Be So Happy That No One Can Buy You, hand-lettered by Travis
Be So Happy That No One Can Buy YouApril 2016
Surround Yourself With Great People: Side Effects May Include…, hand-lettered by Travis
Surround Yourself With Great People: Side Effects May Include…May 2016
Be Part of the New Economy, hand-lettered by Travis
Be Part of the New EconomyMay 2016
Create Several Income Streams, hand-lettered by Travis
Create Several Income StreamsMay 2016
How Would the Leader I Want to Be Handle This Situation?, hand-lettered by Travis
How Would the Leader I Want to Be Handle This Situation?April 2016
Love Is… Sleeping In, hand-lettered by Travis
Love Is… Sleeping InMay 2016
Create More Hammock Time, hand-lettered by Travis
Create More Hammock TimeMay 2016

Pencil to ink

Pencil and ruler first, then ink.

Help One Person, outline and ink, hand-lettered by Travis
Help One Person, outline and inkDecember 2016Focus on One Person →
Show Your Work, in three stages, hand-lettered by Travis
Show Your Work, in three stagesDecember 2016

On an iPad, 2018–2019

Drawn in Procreate.

What Makes Us Who We Are, hand-lettered by Travis
What Makes Us Who We AreDecember 2018
Beware the Barrenness of a Busy Life, hand-lettered by Travis
Beware the Barrenness of a Busy LifeDecember 2018
In the Middle of Difficulty Lies Opportunity, hand-lettered by Travis
In the Middle of Difficulty Lies OpportunityDecember 2018
Out of Clutter Find Simplicity, hand-lettered by Travis
Out of Clutter Find SimplicityDecember 2018
You’re Nuts But You’re Welcome Here (Steve Martin), hand-lettered by Travis
You’re Nuts But You’re Welcome Here (Steve Martin)December 2018
How to Make Everyone Love You (If You’re a Puppy), hand-lettered by Travis
How to Make Everyone Love You (If You’re a Puppy)December 2018
My Top 10 Favorite Places to Lay Down, by My Puppy, hand-lettered by Travis
My Top 10 Favorite Places to Lay Down, by My PuppyDecember 2018
Good Doggness vs. Distance From House, hand-lettered by Travis
Good Doggness vs. Distance From HouseDecember 2018
Basic Life Quiz, hand-lettered by Travis
Basic Life QuizDecember 2018
My Favorite Things, hand-lettered by Travis
My Favorite ThingsDecember 2018
What You Get at the Store, hand-lettered by Travis
What You Get at the StoreDecember 2018
Create More Than You Consume, hand-lettered by Travis
Create More Than You ConsumeDecember 2018
Make a Theme for the Year, hand-lettered by Travis
Make a Theme for the YearJanuary 2019A theme for every year →
Tell Me, What Is It You Plan to Do With Your One Wild and Precious Life?, hand-lettered by Travis
Tell Me, What Is It You Plan to Do With Your One Wild and Precious Life?January 2019
Good Friends, Good Books and a Sleepy Conscience: This Is the Ideal Life, hand-lettered by Travis
Good Friends, Good Books and a Sleepy Conscience: This Is the Ideal LifeJanuary 2019The Mark Twain quote library →
Books Are Uniquely Portable Magic, hand-lettered by Travis
Books Are Uniquely Portable MagicMarch 2019The Stephen King reading quest →

Time-lapses

Procreate records every stroke. Four of them, sped up.

Good Friends, Good Books
One Wild and Precious Life
What Makes Us Who We Are
Books Are Uniquely Portable Magic

Follow along

One essay a week, every Saturday morning.

More from Travis: a theme for every year, Focus and what he’s doing now.