Introduction to Custom Lettering
Color palette and finishing touches
A course by Cyla Costa , Lettering Artist, Designer, and Illustrator
About the video: Color palette and finishing touches
Overview
“With the final vector ready, I will show you how I put the finishing touches to make my lettering very beautiful and attractive! I will introduce a technique that I use to define a cool color palette and how to apply it to the vector. In addition, you will see how to create a volume effect in a simple way. Finally, I will take the lettering to Photoshop and apply a texture.”
In this video lesson Cyla Costa addresses the topic: Color palette and finishing touches, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Custom Lettering. Learn how to create expressive letters in your own signature style by combining manual and digital techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Color palette and finishing touches At that moment, you can be very happy, because the laborious part of building the vector is over. Let's go into the most pleasant part, think of the colors and finishing touches to make the lettering more impactful. Come on. First, I will think about the color palette. I'm going back on my mood board. He has several cool ideas, mainly the photos. I chose this photo to make the color palette by the warm tones. That's what I want for the voice of my lettering. I already have my palette ready here, but I'll show you how I chose it. To take the colors out of ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Custom Lettering
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Areas
Digital Lettering, Hand Lettering, Lettering
Cyla Costa
A course by Cyla Costa
Cyla Costa graduated with a degree in graphic design from the UFPR and continued her studies in illustration, typography, and editorial design in Barcelona (EINA and Elisava) and New York (Cooper Union); she has over a decade of experience in lettering and founded her own creative studio.
Her work can be found in all kinds of advertising and publishing projects for a host of big-name companies including Google, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Penguin Random House, Nissan and Kimberly-Clark. Cyla was also awarded certificates of Excellence in Typography by the Type Directors Club in 2016, 2017, and 2019.
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