Ornamental Lettering

Baselines Part 2

A course by Havi Cruz , Designer and Illustrator

Designer and Illustrator. Saltillo, Mexico.
Joined November 2016
98% positive reviews (178)
4,081 students
Audio: Spanish
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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

“We continue tracing, now we are going to move on to the letter "C". Here it is important to try to take out the curves With the fewest possible nodes. So that a break is not so noticeable from one node to another node when the curve doesn't look so perfect. Sometimes it is impossible, and the best thing is... add a node, but only in certain cases. Well, here we already have most of the stroke of the letter "C" now we will move on to the letter "S" Well, here we already have most of the letter "S" finished Now what we are going to do is clean our strokes.. remove these guide lines that we to...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.


Course summary for: Ornamental Lettering

  • Level: Beginner
  • 98% positive reviews (178)
  • 4081 students
  • 4 units
  • 15 lessons (2h 16m)
  • 5 downloads
  • Category

    Calligraphy & Typography
  • Software

    Adobe Illustrator
  • Areas

    3D Lettering, Digital Lettering, Lettering

Havi Cruz

Havi Cruz
A course by Havi Cruz

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Designer and Illustrator

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.


  • 98% positive reviews (178)
  • 4,081 students
  • 15 lessons (2h 16m)
  • 9 additional resources (5 files)
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  • Audio: Spanish
  • Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
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Ornamental Lettering. Calligraphy, and Typography course by Havi Cruz

Ornamental Lettering

A course by Havi Cruz
Designer and Illustrator. Saltillo, Mexico.
Joined November 2016
  • 98% positive reviews (178)
  • 4,081 students