Hand-Lettering Sketchbook: Techniques to Unlock Creativity
Introduction to Drawing Letters
A course by Adam Hayes , Illustrator and Designer
About the video: Introduction to Drawing Letters
Overview
“In this lesson, you will begin with the basics of drawing letters, by drawing the letter A. You will begin with writing an uppercase ‘A’ and use techniques to develop it into a drawing. ”
In this video lesson Adam Hayes addresses the topic: Introduction to Drawing Letters, which is part of the Domestika online course: Hand-Lettering Sketchbook: Techniques to Unlock Creativity. Fill your sketchbook with playful and creative typographic compositions to inspire your future lettering projects.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we'll begin with the basics by starting to draw the letter A. we'll draw an uppercase letter A at first, and then develop it into a drawing. I'm going to start with a pencil and a ruler. and I'm going to use the width of the ruler to draw two ruled lines. There we go. And then I'm just going to draw a simple letter. Okay. Nice and simple, straight lines. There we go. Now to convert this into a drawing, we're gonna make it a bit chunkier so the technique I like to use is Just draw parallel lines either side of that A. There we go. I'm just going to slowly build it up. and bui...”
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Course summary for: Hand-Lettering Sketchbook: Techniques to Unlock Creativity
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Creativity, Drawing, Hand Lettering, Sketchbook, Sketching
Adam Hayes
A course by Adam Hayes
Adam Hayes is an illustrator and designer based in Wales. After completing a degree in graphic design, he went on to work on a number of freelance illustration projects, both independently and at an advertising agency. He studied a master’s at the Royal College of Arts in London before continuing to work as a freelance illustrator and typographer.
Adam works on a variety of projects across design, publishing, advertising, and even animated typography using stop-frame software. Adam’s first paid job in illustration was a project with the famous graphic designer Alan Fletcher. He has since worked with clients all over the world including Google, Apple, Facebook, Sony, The Washington Post, and GOOD magazine.
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