Lettering and Illustration: Composition, Techniques, and Application
Execution from the layout - Union Pool (lettering)
A course by Sindy Ethel & Alan Rodríguez (R3DO) , Designers, illustrators and lyricists
Joined May 2017
About the video: Execution from the layout - Union Pool (lettering)
Overview
“Let's do it! In these lessons we will explain to you at the beginning and at the end of each video that is what we did and you will be able to see in a fast camera the whole process of lettering and illustration.”
In this video lesson Sindy Ethel & Alan Rodríguez (R3DO) addresses the topic: Execution from the layout - Union Pool (lettering), 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
“[instrumental] Well now what I'm going to do is all the letters, for our Union Pool design, In this particular design, something we saw, is that it looked like many letters to those of Best Pizza, so we decided to take the part of above other of our sketches, I show you here below, and I started to do this test, really the only thing that I did was with a brush, can be any size, I'm using 20, but as it has the pressure of the activated tablet does not matter much, and I was filling in this way, correcting details with the eraser, the short cut for the brush is B, and the short cut for the e...”
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Course summary for: Lettering and Illustration: Composition, Techniques, and Application
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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)
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.
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