Creative Poster Design for Events
Digitize 1
A course by Marte , Graphic Designer and Lettering Artist
About the video: Digitize 1
Overview
“You will learn how to import a photo of your design into illustrator and convert it into a vector file on which you can work. To do this, I’ll teach you how to use the Image Trace tool and the Pencil tool. Are you ready? ”
In this video lesson Marte addresses the topic: Digitize 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Poster Design for Events. Explore the tools to create a visually striking poster from scratch by combining the art of lettering and graphic design.
Partial transcription of the video
“Digitize In this lesson, we're going to learn how to convert a photo of our sketch into a vector file we can work on. To do this, I'll teach you how to use the Image Trace tool and the Pencil tool of Adobe Illustrator. I open Illustrator and create a new file. I'm going to work on 50 by 70 cm on RBG color mode. Now, I'm going to place the image of my illustration. I'm going to scale it to ensure it fits my art board. In a different layer, I'm going to place the image of my lettering. I'm going to select the Multiply blend mode to see the illustration behind. Place it in the right position. ...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Creative Poster Design for Events
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Creativity, Design, Digital Design, Graphic Design, Lettering, Poster Design, Typography, Vector Illustration
Marte
A course by Marte
Martina Galarza, also known as Marte, is a graphic designer and lettering artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. What started as a hobby, creating posters for her musician friends just six years ago, has transformed into a blossoming career. After discovering her passion for lettering and design, she left her career in geology and started working as a designer for an independent music label.
Marte has designed posters for musicians like Pussy Riot, Paul McCartney, Courtney Barnett, Marilina Bertoli, Indios, and Juana Molina. She has also designed graphic pieces for brands like Budweiser, WeWork, and Cynar. She created a poster series titled Female Power in 2018, which was a key year for the feminist movement in Argentina. The series went on to be exhibited in Argentina, Spain and Australia, and won the Latin American award for illustration.
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