Expressive Illustration and Lettering for Editorial Design
Drawing Your Linework
A course by Justin Poulter , Graphic Artist
About the video: Drawing Your Linework
Overview
“Using your sketch as a guide, you will now draw all of your linework in vector using the pen tool and a basic vector stroke.”
In this video lesson Justin Poulter addresses the topic: Drawing Your Linework, 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
“Drawing Your Linework In this lesson, using our sketch as a guide, we're going to recreate the linework in Adobe Illustrator. Let me show you. The first thing I want to do is, in my illustration mood board which we made earlier... We can move this typography mood board just to the side for now. I'm going to do the same thing we did before, where we placed the mood board in, so I go to File and to Place. I go to our mood board file here and select the illustration mood board. I'll add in my Madrid mood board at the same time, because we are drawing these things from Madrid. It's nice to see ...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Illustration and Lettering for Editorial Design
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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
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.
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- 21 lessons (3h 38m)
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- Audio: English
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- Level: Beginner
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Recommended software & tools for this course
Adobe Illustrator
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