Introduction to Brush Lettering

Overview

“In this lesson I’ll talk about how I work on a custom logotype and my creative process, clients, and their expectations. This will be a useful lesson for designers and people who want to make this technique profitable.”

In this video lesson James Lewis addresses the topic: Brief and Custom Logos, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Brush Lettering. Learn how to use brush pens and lettering brushes to create letters, words, and phrases.

Partial transcription of the video

“Brief and Custom Logos Welcome back. Now that we have a basic understanding of how brush lettering is made, I'll show you how to use it in a practical way. One of the ways that I've used my understanding of brush lettering and calligraphy is by designing logos. I'll walk you through the process right now. To begin our logo we're going to get a brief. Let's say for example that we'll use these fictional clients and they have a cafe that's called Blue Honey. What we'll do is trying to translate Blue Honey into a logotype using brush pen calligraphy. To start that off, we'll sketch up a few ba...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Brush Lettering

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (75)
• 3023 students
• 4 units
• 17 lessons (2h 28m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Hand Lettering, Lettering