Playful Hand-Lettering for Children’s Book Illustration
Refining Sketch for Legibility
A course by Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn , Hand-lettering Artist and Illustrator
Joined November 2020
Joined November 2020
About the video: Refining Sketch for Legibility
Overview
“It’s essential to consider legibility when creating your composition, especially when your audience is young. You want to make sure that your lettering is very easy to read. ”
In this video lesson Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn addresses the topic: Refining Sketch for Legibility, 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
“ Refining Sketch for Legibility In the previous lesson, I showed you how to fit your lettering into your composition and I started my base sketch. In this lesson, I will show you how I refine my sketch as well as styles for legibility. When it comes to these styles, you want to take into account how well something can be read. If something becomes too hard to read, it loses its legibility, and it loses the whole message behind it. For this project, my audience is about three to five years old. I will stick with sans serif pretending these are kids learning to read. However, the older the a...”
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Course summary for: Playful Hand-Lettering for Children’s Book Illustration
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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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