Playful Hand-Lettering for Children’s Book Illustration
Fitting into a Composition
A course by Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn , Hand-lettering Artist and Illustrator
Joined November 2020
Joined November 2020
About the video: Fitting into a Composition
Overview
“Now I will share my techniques for fitting lettering into compositions by showing two different methods that I use and how I adjust and fit lettering to work harmoniously within the composition. ”
In this video lesson Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn addresses the topic: Fitting into a Composition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Playful Hand-Lettering for Children’s Book Illustration. Learn to create joyful lettering compositions for your book illustrations that appeal to readers of all ages.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Fitting into a Composition In the previous lesson, you learned techniques for how to convey movement and hierarchy in your composition. In this lesson, I will show you how to fit your lettering into the composition. Now I'm going to show you a few examples where I allowed the composition to influence my lettering layout. For example, I have this piece, "The little ghost wandered the cemetery looking for his lost red boots." I created the composition first, and you can see how the trees and the lettering work together but I left space for the lettering, knowing where I wanted to put it. On...”
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Course summary for: Playful Hand-Lettering for Children’s Book Illustration
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Calligraphy & Typography -
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Drawing, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Narrative, Traditional illustration
Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn
A course by Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn
Shauna Lynn is a hand-lettering artist and illustrator based in the United States. She has been drawing since she was able to hold a pencil and was always encouraged to pursue her artistic side by her creative parents. After starting an opera program at the University of North Florida, she transferred to a bachelor's of fine arts with a focus on graphic design and digital media. From there, she worked in a number of internships and had her poster design accepted by the Communication Arts Typography Competition which launched her freelance career.
Since then, Shauna has worked for clients including Adobe, Microsoft, Samsung, Twitter, and Facebook. Her work, which she creates from her home studio near Chicago, has been featured in Advanced Photoshop Magazine, PRINT Magazine, Dribbble, and more. She is also the co-author of Creative Lettering and Beyond, has hosted numerous workshops, and spoken at events including Adobe MAX 2020.
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