Expressive Illustration and Lettering for Editorial Design
Tweaking and Varying Your Linework
A course by Justin Poulter , Graphic Artist
About the video: Tweaking and Varying Your Linework
Overview
“Once your basic linework is completely drawn, you will spend time tweaking, correcting, and adjusting it. Using the stroke width adjustment tool, you will taper and pinch the linework to create a varying and more hand-drawn-looking line.”
In this video lesson Justin Poulter addresses the topic: Tweaking and Varying 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
“Tweaking and Varying Your Linework In this lesson, we'll spend time varying and tweaking our linework. We want to make it feel hand-drawn and unique. Let's get started. Now that our linework is all drawn, we have all the basic lines down. You see that besides the illustrations I've done and the illustrations in this linework, I've drawn in all the pattern work, these swirly patterns all around, between the letters and the illustrations. I have my sketch underneath here and you see I've mostly sort of traced the stuff I've done in the sketch. Things move around a bit. You can see here, for e...”
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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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