Designing a Typographic Poster with Illustrator
Getting a feel for the letters 1
A course by Steffen Wagner , Graphic and Product Designer
Joined April 2021
Joined April 2021
About the video: Getting a feel for the letters 1
Overview
“Now we will sketch some letters in order to get a first feeling for the shapes of the letters and how they are adapted.”
In this video lesson Steffen Wagner addresses the topic: Getting a feel for the letters 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Designing a Typographic Poster with Illustrator. Hone your knowledge of typography and composition to design a creative poster that conveys a hidden message.
Partial transcription of the video
“Get a guide to the letters In this lesson we're going to look at the letters. We will sketch the first letters and get a feel for it. Since we are creating a typographic poster in this course, I have decided to visualize the word typography first, to get a feel for the letters. That is, we start with the T. and will first shape the archetype of the Ts. This consists of a trunk and a horizontal line. Now we have drawn two outlines on the paper and we will now give these contours a line weight, by widening it. The result is a T in a grotesque font without serifs. And now we can change the sha...”
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Course summary for: Designing a Typographic Poster with Illustrator
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Areas
Creativity, Design, Digital Design, Graphic Design, Poster Design, Typography
Steffen Wagner
A course by Steffen Wagner
Steffen Wagner is a graphic and product designer from Berlin who started drawing and painting at an early age. While studying industrial design in college, he developed an interest in graphic design, especially calligraphy and typography. Steffen went on to create the children's fashion brand IMAKID, which designs customizable clothing using different felt letters.
His interest in letters and communicative design eventually led him to his true passion: lettering and typographic posters. Steffen shares his posters on Instagram and Pinterest, and also designs logos, brand materials, and websites. His most distinguished projects include corporate designs for food companies and numerous works of art for galleries. Steffen's list of artistic influences includes Bauhaus and art styles from different time periods as well as artists like Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, and Mark Rothko.
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