Custom Letter Design with Procreate
Introduction to Lettering
A course by Jimbo Bernaus , Lettering Artist
About the video: Introduction to Lettering
Overview
“Lettering is the art of drawing and illustrating letterforms. It’s really important to understand the difference with calligraphy, which is the art of writing letters with tools such as a brush pen or nips. ”
In this video lesson Jimbo Bernaus addresses the topic: Introduction to Lettering, which is part of the Domestika online course: Custom Letter Design with Procreate. Combine lettering and illustration to create colorful compositions that communicate captivating messages.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction to Lettering In this lesson, I'm going to talk about lettering, the differences between lettering, calligraphy and typography, and the materials we're going to use. Lettering is the art of drawing pretty letter forms, and the main difference between lettering and calligraphy is that calligraphy is the art of actually writing those letter forms with tools such as a brush pen or nibs. We can do lettering with any tool you have available. It can be a pencil. It can be any kind of marker. It can be some paint on a wall, and it can also be the iPad, the computer, or any kind of digi...”
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Course summary for: Custom Letter Design with Procreate
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
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Areas
3D Lettering, Digital Lettering, Lettering

Jimbo Bernaus
A course by Jimbo Bernaus
Jimbo Bernaus is a Spanish lettering artist based in Croatia. As a child, he was always interested in art and was encouraged by his family to pursue a career in creativity. After earning his degree in graphic design in Barcelona, he moved to Croatia to work for a well-known advertising agency. From there, he took the leap and started BAM!, an agency of his own in Zagreb which he runs with his partner.
Jimbo has been working in the design space for more than ten years and has worked for agencies and freelance clients across the world. His client list includes Booking.com, Carlsberg, BMW, and Affinity Design.
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