Illustrated Digital Lettering

Influences

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: Influences

Overview

“In this lesson, I will show you some inspirations which find a way in my everyday work and shape my style continuously. You will learn about my secret crushes, like M.C. Escher, Oskar Schlemmer, and Charley Harper.”

In this video lesson Birgit Palma addresses the topic: Influences , 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

“Influences Now, we'll speak about my inspiration and the various influences you can see in my work. To be honest, my artworks are inspired by many things, starting with general life. I love to travel. I like seeing new things, I like discovering new locations, seeing other cultures. I'm also very inspired by nature. Having grown up in a small town, I had the chance to look at different things happening outside my house. I'm also super inspired by things I see while walking. But in general, if you look through my artworks, there are some concepts which are playing a bigger role because you c...”

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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.