Ornamental Lettering
Baselines Part 2
A course by Havi Cruz , Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Baselines Part 2
Overview
“We continue with the basic outline of our lettering, we have left the most detailed letters for the end. You have to be patient, no matter how many times we have to repeat the curves and strokes. Remember that the important thing is to reach the result we want.”
In this video lesson Havi Cruz addresses the topic: Baselines Part 2, 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
“and we keep drawing Now... Let’s move on to the letter C. here it is important Search. of draw the curves with the fewest possible possible nodes so that it isn’t so obvious a transition from one node to another when the curve isn’t flawless. ensuring smoothness in design. Sometimes. it's just not feasible. and the best solution is to add a node instead. But... only in certain cases. Well. Here we have most of the trace of the letter C. Now we’ll move to the letter A. It's... Well... Here we already have the... most of the S is finished now what we are going to do is clean up our strokes cr...”
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Course summary for: Ornamental Lettering
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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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