Lettering for Perfectionists
Decoration layers
A course by Martina Flor , Lettering Artist and Designer
About the video: Decoration layers
Overview
“The decorative elements can be used for different purposes. In this lesson we will see how to create layers of decoration that turn your designs into more interesting and expressive pieces.”
In this video lesson Martina Flor addresses the topic: Decoration layers, 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
“Something I especially like about working with leaders is the amount of Decoration and detail that one can add in this choice will I am going to give advice and tips on how to add decoration to your letters. We already have our colored drawing or our color scheme Applied in this design however there is still much to do That I consider that led erin is a discipline that is It is characterized by having a high level of detail, the main difference between A typeface a font that one buys and draws The letters oneself is the level of detail and Decoration that you can add and that is the added v...”
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Course summary for: Lettering for Perfectionists
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Lettering, Hand Lettering, Lettering
Martina Flor
A course by Martina Flor
Martina Flor combines her talents as a lettering designer and illustrator. Born in Buenos Aires, Martina has lived, studied, and worked in a number of cities throughout Europe including Berlin, where she founded a custom lettering and typography studio. Some of her international clients include The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, HarperCollins, Fontshop, Monotype, and Etsy.
Martina is cofounder of the well-known online “battle” project Lettering vs Calligraphy and founder of Letter Collections. She holds a master's degree in type design from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, and she spends much of her time teaching lettering and type design in Europe and abroad.
Martina is the author of the book The Golden Secrets of Lettering, published in 2017 by Princeton Architectural Press in the United States and by Thames & Hudson in the United Kingdom (Original title: Lust auf Lettering, 2016 Verlag Hermann Schmidt), which has been translated into several languages.
When she isn't drawing letters, she travels the world presenting her work at conferences and universities. In 2016, she spoke at TEDx Río de la Plata before an audience of 10,000 spectators.
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