Lettering and Illustration: Composition, Techniques, and Application

The layout of our project - Part I

A course by Sindy Ethel & Alan Rodríguez (R3DO) , Designers, illustrators and lyricists

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3,220 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: The layout of our project - Part I

Overview

“In this lesson we are going to sketch the layout of our 3 places, we will start making the thumbnails and, later, we will polish them until arriving at a result with which we feel comfortable to start the final art. Remember that you can make as many accommodations as you wish, do not be afraid to make mistakes, this stage is to experiment and make sure that we are getting the most out of our project. We will work digitally in Photoshop with a tablet, but you can do it in pencil in a notebook and scan or take a picture.”

In this video lesson Sindy Ethel & Alan Rodríguez (R3DO) addresses the topic: The layout of our project - Part I, which is part of the Domestika online course: Lettering and Illustration: Composition, Techniques, and Application. Learn to combine letters and illustration in an effective way.

Partial transcription of the video

“Well now with all that we have learned we are going to go from full to our project, let start with the layout. The first step to start to design our project, as you have already imagined, is to see the format or the canvas on the which we are going to work, Redo and me choose this postal format of 10 ½ x 15 ½ cm, it is a vertical postcard inside which we mark with guidelines, the design space we go to have, I think the cool thing about this course is that everything we're going to see can be used in any format either a poster, it can even be a facebook post with a t-shirt, pro as ideally it...”

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Course summary for: Lettering and Illustration: Composition, Techniques, and Application

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (243)
3220 students
6 units
29 lessons (5h 33m)
12 downloads

Category
Calligraphy & Typography, Illustration
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Digital Illustration, Digital Lettering, Lettering, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration

Sindy Ethel & Alan Rodríguez (R3DO)

A course by Sindy Ethel & Alan Rodríguez (R3DO)

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Designers, illustrators and lyricists

Sindy Ethel is an interactive Mexican designer and a great enthusiast of lettering and typography.

She has worked as a digital designer for agencies such as Grupo W, CP + B in Colorado and Vault 49 in New York. Her passion for lettering and typography has led her to work with brands such as Pepsi, Santa Clara, Baileys, Volkswagen, HP, Adobe or Sprite, among others.

To shape your letterings, you are inspired by Japanese cuisine and culture. He likes to know new places and takes advantage of his trips to take references that he includes in his designs.

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Alan Rodríguez (R3DO) has worked as a graphic designer and illustrator for studios such as Tixinda, Grupo W and Vault49 in New York.

Currently working as a freelance illustrator, collaborating with brands such as Adobe, Budweiser, Baileys, Google, Volkswagen or HP, among others. Although his personal work, inspired by Latin American folklore and Native American art, is what allows him to experiment and unleash his creativity.