Illustrated Digital Lettering

Transform Your Inspiration

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: Transform Your Inspiration

Overview

“We are going back to the "Nouns & Adjectives" exercise and I will show you some creative techniques on how to abstract your reference images. We will also look at ways how to add emotion to your artwork.”

In this video lesson Birgit Palma addresses the topic: Transform Your Inspiration, 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

“Transform your inspiration In this lesson, we're going to use the nouns an adjectives exercise we've just done before and try to bring the sketches we have there, bring them to life, digitally. I think it's time to take a step back and start to include the illustration. This is actually my favorite part because when you transform inspiration while including illustration in modular type, you have million ways to express yourself. You all could do the same city with the same ideas and I'm 100% sure that all of you would develop a different version of Tokyo. Let's take a look at how to abstrac...”

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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.