Creative Lettering Techniques in an Artistic Sketchbook
Draw caps 1
A course by Lucía Nolasco , Designer and Lettering Specialist
About the video: Draw caps 1
Overview
“I will share some tricks so that you do not suffer when drawing capital letters, in a few words you will learn to enjoy them. You will see some easy variations to solve.”
In this video lesson Lucía Nolasco addresses the topic: Draw caps 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Lettering Techniques in an Artistic Sketchbook. Learn to draw unique letters as you document your daily creative process and explore different textures, inks, and pens.
Partial transcription of the video
“draw capital letters In this lesson we will learn to enjoy caps without frustration. Definitely drawing them always involves many challenges, because their structures are very varied, but I will explain the tricks and tips to not die trying. On the one hand, we have sans serif or sans serif letters. The letters have no serif. In this case we have monoline, we have a line of a single thickness and it seems very easy to do. But here the challenge is to see the structures. How can you tell how wide an A is? It is very different from the width of an M. Right in those details is the power to dom...”
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Course summary for: Creative Lettering Techniques in an Artistic Sketchbook
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Areas
Drawing, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Sketchbook
Lucía Nolasco
A course by Lucía Nolasco
Lucía Nolasco, better known as Lunol, is a Peruvian graphic designer with a passion for calligraphy, lettering, and typography. She discovered her love for letters in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2012, where she studied with renowned artists such as Silvia Cordero Vega and Marina Soria, in addition to Jaime de Albarracín and Claude Dietrich in Lima, Peru. She also honed her skills by participating in workshops with Ale Paul, Yani and Guille, Martina Flor, and Gemma O'Brien.
She has worked on major projects in branding, retail, publishing, events, and packaging, including the "Innato" project—a package design where 80% of the calligraphy was done with a flex nib pen—which earned her bronze at the 2015 Pentawards in London alongside Infinito Consultores.
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