Digital 3D Lettering with Mixed Media
Basic Modelling
A course by José Bernabé , Graphic Designer and Lettering Artist
About the video: Basic Modelling
Overview
“In this lesson, you will learn how to create a 3D model using tools from the lettering you made on Illustrator. Then, I’ll introduce the skull to the composition to interact with the lettering, finding a balance between the elements. ”
In this video lesson José Bernabé addresses the topic: Basic Modelling, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital 3D Lettering with Mixed Media. Create bold and colorful typographic compositions by combining the digital tools of Photoshop, Illustrator, and Cinema 4D with painting techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Basic Modelling In this lesson, we are going to make a basic 3D model using the composition we made on Illustrator and we're also going to introduce the skull to make it interact with our lettering. To do this, we will use very easy tools. Here we are in Cinema 4D. We're going to start making a 3D model of our lettering. First, we're going to open the outline of our lettering design. Let's place our design in the middle of the document. Let's proceed to extrude our outlines to have a very basic 3D model. Go here to Extrude. We pick up our splines. Nothing happened because here in Extrude, t...”
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Course summary for: Digital 3D Lettering with Mixed Media
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Category
3D & Animation, Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Cinema 4D -
Areas
3D, 3D Lettering, 3D Modeling, Digital Lettering, Lettering

José Bernabé
A course by José Bernabé
José Bernabé is a Spanish graphic designer and lettering artist based in Málaga. After studying illustration in his hometown, Murcia, he began his career as a graphic designer, where he worked on logos, web design, illustration, and image editing. He went on to work at Philips Design in Amsterdam as well as the corporate advertising agency JWT Amsterdam.
Throughout his career, José has created artwork for brands like Nike, Adobe, Nickelodeon, adidas, Amazon, Unilever, Old Spice, KLM, Citroën, Nutricia, and Dalí Speakers, among others. His work has been published on Adobe, Inspiration Now, Design Taxi, TrendHunter, Photoshop Creative Magazine, Fahrenheit Magazine, Index Books, Betype, Graffica, and more. José has given workshops and lectures for Elements Talks (Warsaw), Festival de Antigua (Guatemala), Let’s Talk Design (Amsterdam) and Core 77 (New York).
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