Art Deco Style for Digital Illustration
Art Deco Typography
A course by Mads Berg , Illustrator
Joined September 2020
About the video: Art Deco Typography
Overview
“In this lesson, we will explore how to apply text and typography to our illustration. ”
In this video lesson Mads Berg addresses the topic: Art Deco Typography, which is part of the Domestika online course: Art Deco Style for Digital Illustration. Create elegant artwork in Illustrator using dynamic compositions and minimalist color palettes.
Partial transcription of the video
“Art Deco Typography In this lesson we will explore how we can add text and typography to our illustration. I have two samples here that I would like to show you, which I think is some good example of how image and text can be combined. To my left, I have a really simple illustration that I made for the same jewelry company as before. As you can see, it uses the same color as the illustration and has some really bold shapes, but it's still legible. What I wanted to obtain here is that the letters were not too thin and too alien to the rest of the illustration. That's how I custom-made these ...”
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Course summary for: Art Deco Style for Digital Illustration
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Fine Arts, Poster Design, Traditional illustration

Mads Berg
A course by Mads Berg
Mads Berg is a Danish illustrator with twenty years of experience in creating commercial illustrations. After studying at the Academy of Art and Design in Copenhagen, he started his illustrating career as a character designer and concept artist for a games studio. He set up his own studio in 2000 specialized in creating posters, brand illustrations, key visuals, editorial illustrations, cover art, and murals.
Mads has illustrated for clients such as Coca-Cola, Orangina, San Diego Zoo, Lego, Monocle, and Wired. His illustrations have been exhibited internationally and celebrated with awards such as "Best Danish Children's Comic" prize in 2010 and the Danish Design Prize in 2009. He also lectures at his former art school, the Academy of Art and Design in Copenhagen.
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