Ornamental Lettering
Basic tools (blend tool)
A course by Havi Cruz , Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Basic tools (blend tool)
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you a basic tool that I use to give light and shadow to our base, we will learn how to apply the blend tool by means of the achura technique.”
In this video lesson Havi Cruz addresses the topic: Basic tools (blend tool), 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
“In this lesson, I would now like to show you a tool very basic but that I personally use a lot since I like all the finish that we can create through the hatching technique, creating a contrast very nice, with lights and shadows. Before going on to illustrate all the letters, in this lesson I would like to show you a basic tool that I use a lot. The tool is called blend tool, We can find it on this side. It's this one here. It is a very basic tool. What we are going to do with this tool is playing with lines this way. Well, here he put me quite a few. Let's put 22. With this tool we will be...”
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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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