I want to write the number '8' cutely

Do you pay attention to stroke order when you write?
Some people might even say they hardly ever write by hand anymore.

I like writing by hand, so despite living in a paperless era, I think I write quite a bit, but then I had a thought.

The number '8' doesn't look cute at all when written in the correct stroke order.

I can hear the retort, "Isn't stroke order for kanji?" but I'm sorry, today I only intend to write about the Arabic numeral '8'.

To be safe, let me explain how to write '8' correctly.
You start from the top right, curve to the left, bring the line down to the bottom right, curve to the left again, and return to the top right.
This is the so-called stroke order for '8'.

This is perfectly fine for just writing it, but personally, I don't like this top-right part.
When written in the correct stroke order, no matter how hard I try, this top-right part ends up pointed.

Well, it's to be expected, though.

But isn't something rounded cuter than something angular?
I like cute things, so I want to make the '8' as round as possible.

Actually, I think the top right of the '8' only looks pointed when written by hand.
In terms of fonts, I think it's only really like that in what's called the 'textbook style'.

I mean, they say that writing characters in the correct stroke order makes them look beautiful (at least that's how I was taught), but it's too difficult to write '8' beautifully using the correct stroke order. It's strange.

Maybe I should try starting a little lower.

Ah...

It's not bad, but if you don't write it carefully, the start and end points don't align, and it doesn't look beautiful.

I'll just give up on the stroke order, start from the middle, write the top circle, and then write the bottom circle.

Yeah.

I feel like this is the cutest '8' so far.

However, another problem has arisen here.

Since the lines cross multiple times in the middle, it creates an ink blot depending on the pen.

If I'm not careful, I might smudge this ink blot with my hand, leaving both my hand and the paper in a disastrous state.

Hmm... what should I do...
Life just doesn't go as planned, does it? (Life?)

Thinking about such things, I am writing my own version of a cute '8' again today, just like any other day.

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