Illustrated Digital Lettering

VIP Illustrator Tools: Pathfinder & Blend Tools

A course by Birgit Palma , Illustrator and Lettering Artist

Illustrator and Lettering Artist. Barcelona, Spain.
Joined November 2019
99% positive reviews (172)
2,638 students
Audio: English
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About the video: VIP Illustrator Tools: Pathfinder & Blend Tools

Overview

“I will show how to introduce a sketch/reference images in Illustrator, how to separate everything on different layers and lock them. We will get to know how one of my favorite tools of illustrator, "Pathfinder", works. I’ll show you where to find it and you will learn how to add/subtract and cut elements with this interface to get the desired result. We will also take a look at another convenient live tool, the "Blend" tool. ”

In this video lesson Birgit Palma addresses the topic: VIP Illustrator Tools: Pathfinder & Blend Tools , 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

“VIP Illustrator tools: Pathfinder & Blend tools Now I will show you how to introduce a sketch and reference images into Illustrator and also how to separate those into different layers. Let's go. When I work with sketches or reference images, I like to have everything in one workspace, which means I normally introduce all the reference images into Illustrator. There are 2 options. Either you go to File, Place, and then you look for the image you wanna put in there. Or the second way is you just drag them in. That's actually the most convenient way to introduce images into Illustrator. Y...”

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Course summary for: Illustrated Digital Lettering

  • Level: Beginner
  • 99% positive reviews (172)
  • 2638 students
  • 5 units
  • 19 lessons (2h 19m)
  • 5 downloads
  • Category

    Calligraphy & Typography, Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Illustrator
  • Areas

    Digital Lettering, Lettering, Typography Design

Birgit Palma

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.


  • 99% positive reviews (172)
  • 2,638 students
  • 19 lessons (2h 19m)
  • 24 additional resources (5 files)
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  • Audio: English
  • English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
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Illustrated Digital Lettering. Illustration, Calligraphy, and Typography course by Birgit Palma

Illustrated Digital Lettering

A course by Birgit Palma
Illustrator and Lettering Artist. Barcelona, Spain.
Joined November 2019
  • 99% positive reviews (172)
  • 2,638 students