Illustrated Digital Lettering

About Me

A course by Birgit Palma , Illustrator and Lettering Artist

99% positive reviews (172)

2,631 students

Audio: English

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About the video: About Me

Overview

“In this lesson, you will learn a bit about me, what I do, where I am from, and how I ended up in Barcelona. My style got shaped through my experience. So we’ll take a look at my past, events which occurred and shaped my career as an illustrator and lettering artist.”

In this video lesson Birgit Palma addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Digital Lettering. Learn how to add depth and meaning to words using shapes, color, and volume.

Partial transcription of the video

“Introduction Welcome. Thank you for joining me on this Domestika course. My name is Birgit Palma, I'm an Austrian illustrator, lettering artist living in Barcelona. To start off, let me tell you a little bit about my background. I'm from Austria and I grew up in a very small village in Tyrol, high up in the mountains. As you can imagine, there are not that many people there, so there's not too much to do. When I was at home, in winter it's very cold, I fell in love with my father's computer. After using the computer a lot, I wanted to be a hacker. What I found really cool about it was hacki...”

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Course summary for: Illustrated Digital Lettering

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (172)
2631 students
5 units
19 lessons (2h 19m)
5 downloads

Category
Calligraphy & Typography, Illustration
Software
Adobe Illustrator
Areas
Digital Lettering, Lettering, Typography Design

Birgit Palma

A course by Birgit Palma

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Illustrator and Lettering Artist

Birgit Palma is passionate about illustration and a self-proclaimed lettering addict, who is based in Barcelona, Spain. After studying her Master’s in Design at the University of Salzburg, Austria, she went to New York for an internship at design studio Vault49, and then to Barcelona to work at Vasava, where she worked in lettering, illustration, and design.

Today, Birgit works as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, working for clients such as Nike, Coca-Cola, Adidas, Hyundai, Red Bull, Adobe, and many more.

When she’s not busy designing in her studio in Barcelona, she travels the world to teach workshops in type illustration in places like Guatemala, Germany, or Austria and has been lecturing at FH Salzburg and EINA Barcelona since 2016. Her work has been featured in Digital Design, DigitalArts, and Adobe Favs, among many more.