Lettering for Perfectionists
How to generate your own textures
A course by Martina Flor , Lettering Artist and Designer
About the video: How to generate your own textures
Overview
“Did you know that we can create textures from the objects that surround us? In this lesson I will explain how to do it.”
In this video lesson Martina Flor addresses the topic: How to generate your own textures, 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
“Working with vectors has the advantage That it allows us to control the forms In a more precise and exact way. A negative aspect of that or I think That's not so pretty... It's just that the designs tend to look a little harsher And in digital quotes. In this lesson I am going to show you How to add textures to your designs So that they have a tactile value So that they have more real wealth So that they are more real world. As we mentioned previously Work with digital tools It allows us to control the shape much better Because they are more precise tools. In turn, all art, illustration cre...”
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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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