How to Make Block Letters

Choose a word you want to write in block lettering. Choose a short one to start with. Space out the letters of the word in small, normal letters across the top of the page. Draw vertical lines down the page to equally separate the page in sections for each letter.

Draw in the shape of your letters using the guide lines created before. Do not go outside the lines for this step. Look at the guide letters at the top of your page for guidance on the shape of the letters. Draw the letters with good width so they fill up the allotted section of each letter.

Erase the guide lines on the page as well as the guide letters at the top of the page. At this point you should have only the letters, written largely on the page, and nothing else.

Select a point that is centered below the letters on the page. Mark the point with your pencil. Using a ruler, draw a line from each corner of each block letter to the point you made at the bottom of the page. If the line you begin drawing hits another letter, stop the line. These lines will begin to give your letters the 3-D look you are going for.

Choose a place on the page where you will cut off the 3-D perspective you just created. For example, this may be about an inch above the mark you just made where all the perspective lines connect to. Erase all the perspective lines below this point.

Begin to shade the bottom parts of the 3-D letter extrusion lines. Next, shade the angled and side parts of the extrusion lines, but be careful to not darken them as much as the bottom parts. The difference in darkness brings the full 3-D effect to your letters.