Ornamental Lettering
Guide lines
A course by Havi Cruz , Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Guide lines
Overview
“In this lesson we will see the advantages of having our fine sketch in a very detailed version and the importance of placing guidelines before starting to vectorize our lettering.”
In this video lesson Havi Cruz addresses the topic: Guide lines, which is part of the Domestika online course: Ornamental Lettering. Learn to design, sketch, and complete a piece of complex lettering drawn by hand..
Partial transcription of the video
“Well now that we've had some fun creating our fine sketch, using our pencil I would like us to go digital, How do I make the guide lines in a way? more structured in order to create a lettering with the proper proportions. Now we have come to the last lesson which is where we will vectorize our lettering sketch. For this we are going to open our program, let's create a canvas, now we are going to export the sketch file, let's go to place and let's go look for them. Here we have our sketch and we place it. Let's focus it a little. The advantage of having the sketch in one way almost final in...”
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Course summary for: Ornamental Lettering
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
3D Lettering, Digital Lettering, Lettering

Havi Cruz
A course by Havi Cruz
A decade ago, his passion for design and illustration became his means of work. Currently, he focuses all his efforts on a discipline that allows him to develop his full potential as a craftsman and creative person with attention to detail: ornate lettering. In addition, he has also made inroads into the world of tattooing.
He has worked in advertising agencies such as Grupo W and is currently part of the Lettres studio. In addition, he has founded his own studio, from which he designs for all kinds of brands and businesses related to his style, such as barbershops, tattoo studios, restaurants, and wine, gin, mezcal, and beer brands.
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