Illustrated Digital Lettering
The Design Principles
A course by Birgit Palma , Illustrator and Lettering Artist
About the video: The Design Principles
Overview
“With fresh eyes, we will take a look at some of the basic design principles which help us to structure the way we achieve in our type illustration. I will be showing references so it’s easy to understand the single main points and keep those in mind while creating your illustrated type.”
In this video lesson Birgit Palma addresses the topic: The Design Principles, 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
“The design principles In this lesson, we'll talk about the design principles, which are kind of important for your artwork. There are quite some design principles around, but we are going to pick out four basic ones, which I think are important to create a good illustrated lettering. The first one is the choice of typeface, which type you're going to use. Then the composition, the balance of the artwork itself. The effects we're going to use. And the contrast of the whole artwork. We're ready to start. First, the choice of type. We are creating illustrated lettering, which means the style o...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Digital Lettering
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Calligraphy & Typography, Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Digital Lettering, Lettering, Typography Design
Birgit Palma
A course by Birgit Palma
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.
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