Visual Storytelling with Hand-Lettering and Illustration
Refining the Sketch 2
A course by David Leutert , Illustrator and Lettering Artist
About the video: Refining the Sketch 2
Overview
“Here I show you how I work out the letters of the quote and hide the first finished sketch to get a little insight into the result.”
In this video lesson David Leutert addresses the topic: Refining the Sketch 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Visual Storytelling with Hand-Lettering and Illustration. Learn the basics of hand-lettering and find your own style by combining custom typographic elements with illustrations that tell stories.
Partial transcription of the video
“refine sketch Very important, back to our 6B pencil. And on we go. I don't like what I've done so far so I take the liberty of deleting it all and just try again. We start here with a capital initial G, that roughly mimics the shape of the sun. Our letters should be nice and bulbous. That is, the bottom half is slightly thicker than the top. The remaining four letters have to move on our baseline, so don't stick out underneath, like here. I'm going back again. Just make sure that we stay on our line. It can then look something like this. Place the A in the middle. Erase, and on. So you can ...”
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Course summary for: Visual Storytelling with Hand-Lettering and Illustration
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography, Illustration -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Typography
David Leutert
A course by David Leutert
David Leutert is a freelance illustrator and lettering artist based in Berlin. Born and raised in Bavaria, he became interested in drawing at a very young age. However, it was thanks to cartoons, comics, cover art, and skateboard graphics that he realized that this was his true passion. After completing his training in media design, he studied design at the Lutheran University of Applied Sciences, Nuremberg. He then began working over the summer as a T-shirt designer for Adidas, before moving to New York to pursue a master's degree in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts.
In hand typography, his strong suit is contrasting outlines with limited color palettes. To perfect his lettering technique, he also dabbles in the ancient craft of sign painting. His clients include brands such as Adobe, Coach, Dropbox, MTV, and Pepsi, and his work has won awards from the Society of Illustrators, the Art Directors Club, and American Illustration as well as Communication Arts and 3x3 magazines, among others.
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