Expressive Illustration and Lettering for Editorial Design
Using Guides and Creating Your Lettering 2
A course by Justin Poulter , Graphic Artist
About the video: Using Guides and Creating Your Lettering 2
Overview
“Let's continue with creating our lettering. We'll be drawing the linework and setting up guides before doing the linework for all the rest of the typography.”
In this video lesson Justin Poulter addresses the topic: Using Guides and Creating Your Lettering 2, 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
“Using Guides and Creating Your Lettering You don't want to make it too neat because you already spent loads of time making these letters neat. You end up with something that looks a lot like a font, but remember we try to make more illustrated hand-drawn letters. I've now selected both the crossbar and the sort of arch of the A, and I'm going to go over to this tab called the Pathfinder tab. You don't have it open. Remember that if you click Window, you can see all of these windows you can get and those that have a tick next to it should be open on the side. With these two objects that I've...”
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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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