Lettering for Perfectionists
Big Sketch
A course by Martina Flor , Lettering Artist
About the video: Big Sketch
Overview
“Now it's time to scale our drawing. In this lesson, we will work with the layered drawing technique to perfect our hand drawing.”
In this video lesson Martina Flor addresses the topic: Big Sketch, which is part of the Domestika online course: Lettering for Perfectionists. Learn to enrich and add character to your lettering.
Partial transcription of the video
“We will now take one of these small sketches and enlarge it to focus on the details. I'll enlarge this and essentially replicate the same drawing. This process allows us to capture every detail accurately. On a larger scale. i prefer working with A4 or letter-size paper as it is neither too big nor too my needs. The size isn’t overly large. so you won't waste hours drawing each individual letter. and it’s not too small. providing enough space to work on the necessary details comfortably. Essentially. i'll enlarge this sketch and replicate it on a larger scale. I aim to work within the speci...”
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Course summary for: Lettering for Perfectionists
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Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Lettering, Hand Lettering, Lettering

Martina Flor
A course by Martina Flor
Buenos Aires-born Martina Flor has been based in Berlin for several years, where she runs a custom lettering and typography studio working internationally for clients such as The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Harper Collins, Fontshop, Monotype, and Etsy, among others.
Martina is cofounder of the popular online battle "Lettering vs Calligraphy" and founder of "Letter Collections." When she's not drawing letters, she travels to present her work at conferences and universities. She is the author of the book The Golden Secrets of Lettering, originally published in German and later translated into English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Japanese.
She also teaches the Domestika lettering courses The Golden Secrets of Lettering and Lettering for Perfectionists, as well as Freelance: Keys and Tools to Find Success as Your Own Boss , in which she reveals the secrets to the self-employed essentials.
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