Retro American Lettering: Discover the Interlock Style
The Skeleton Technique
A course by Francis Chouquet , Lettering Artist and Typographer
About the video: The Skeleton Technique
Overview
“In this lesson, I'm going to introduce you to the “skeleton” technique, which allows me to work on a solid base and then decline several tracks with different styles.”
In this video lesson Francis Chouquet addresses the topic: The Skeleton Technique, which is part of the Domestika online course: Retro American Lettering: Discover the Interlock Style. Create a unique poster with striking compositions by exploring hand lettering techniques in Procreate.
Partial transcription of the video
“The Skeleton Technique In this lesson, let's take the previously worked sketch and let's make it our skeleton. Our skeleton, as we have seen in the various exercises, is going to be the basis for our final project. Here, what I will do, I will take the sheet with the sketches. I'll put it aside. I will try to redo the shape of the piano, use different names, try to accommodate the four names of the four artists in it and really have a larger size so that my final project is large enough. Always thinking about working big. This is very important, especially if you want to print later. Here I...”
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Course summary for: Retro American Lettering: Discover the Interlock Style
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Procreate -
Areas
Digital Lettering, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Poster Design
Francis Chouquet
A course by Francis Chouquet
After a career in web design and evening classes in art school, Francis Chouquet finally started lettering, an art form he has been passionate about since he was young.
One meeting with artist Ken Barber and a few strokes of the pencil later, he found himself working for Adobe and Fontself, as well as surfing clubs, for whom he designed many logos and posters.
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