Lettering: Create Designs with Personality

Lettering designs

“Thank you immense for joining us in this process, we have reached the end of this course and we are very happy that it has been together. We hope you have learned to master letter drawing, achieve different tones of voice, and train your eye to look at the world in more detail. We invite you to make your own project and share it with us, here we want to briefly tell you what we want to see. Select your words to illustrate and look for the main concepts that will guide the aesthetics. Analyze the words you chose, think about the concepts behind it, you can also think about the 5 senses that interact with these words and define them through sensations. Do an internet search for images that relate to your concepts and feelings in order to have a clearer idea of the way forward.

Raise your structures and dress your letters Set the boxes, slopes, and structures for each word. Remember that this first step is very important and will define their character. Then give it your personality: decide the modulation and contrasts. Always return to your mood boards if you have questions and analyze the examples that you liked. The idea is not to copy but to understand how the endings are. Break the rules Time to play and break the rules. In one of your lettering, we suggest that you modify one of the principles to give your work more gestures. Digitize your work Choose the way to digitize it that best suits your project. If you dare, try all three approaches. Share your work! Show your finished work. Take into account the advice we gave you when publishing your work. It is common to get frustrated on the road because of that, it is good to see the growth over time, see the glass half full and keep practicing to improve every day. We would love for you to share your process and final project with us in the forum, seeing the work of colleagues is very useful to learn and continue training the eye. Do not be afraid of being wrong, it is the best learning you could go through, and if you have doubts, we will be there to help you as soon as possible. See you on the forum! See you soon. ”

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“Final project Thank you for joining us in the process. We have reached the end and we are happy that it is together. We hope you have learned to master letter drawing, achieve different tones of voice and train the eye to look in more detail. You are ready for your project. We would love to see you in the Forum to know your processes and know the extent of your imagination. In the course we have shown you our work methodology, we have taught you to pay attention to details and to approach a work in a conceptual way, mastering the tool, without letting one style dominate you. We are interest...”

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Course summary for: Lettering: Create Designs with Personality

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (22)
• 376 students
• 4 units
• 22 lessons (4h 19m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Branding & Identity, Design, Digital Lettering, Graphic Design, Lettering, Typography, Typography Design