Expressive Illustration and Lettering for Editorial Design

Composition and Layout

A course by Justin Poulter , Graphic Artist

100% positive reviews (31)

986 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Composition and Layout

Overview

“In this lesson, I will show you how to construct and experiment with composition by drawing basic shapes to represent the different elements of the design.”

In this video lesson Justin Poulter addresses the topic: Composition and Layout, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Illustration and Lettering for Editorial Design. Explore the sweet spot between art and design by learning how to create memorable book covers with Procreate and Adobe Illustrator.

Partial transcription of the video

“Composition and Layout In this lesson, we'll experiment with some rough layouts, drawing basic shapes representing elements that we want to include in our cover. First, I'll create a background layer, which I'm going to draw our basic tile grid on. Another cool trick in Procreate is, if you draw a line and then hold the pen down, it goes straight. Now what we can do to repeat this line is duplicating the layer and then moving it along. By dragging right on the layer, you get some options there, which are Lock, Duplicate and Clear. We'll duplicate this layer. Now you'll see that we have two ...”

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Course summary for: Expressive Illustration and Lettering for Editorial Design

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (31)
986 students
5 units
21 lessons (3h 38m)
2 downloads

Category
Calligraphy & Typography, Design, Illustration
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Procreate
Areas
Digital Illustration, Editorial Design, Editorial Illustration, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Poster Design, Vector Illustration

Justin Poulter

A course by Justin Poulter

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Graphic Artist

Justin Poulter is a London-based graphic artist from Capetown, South Africa. Growing up, he loved to draw and always knew he wanted to be an artist. He eventually went on to study communication design at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, where he discovered a love for commercial illustrations that inspired his career.

Justin’s work combines illustrations with hand-drawn typography. With over 10 years of experience in his field, he’s designed a book cover for the Britannica Books, and a coloring book for National Geographic. He’s also created illustrations for Nike, Levis, Bud Light, Cadbury, and Delta.