Hand-Lettering Sketchbook: Techniques to Unlock Creativity

Letters in Boxes

A course by Adam Hayes , Illustrator and Designer

100% positive reviews (108)

4,522 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Letters in Boxes

Overview

“In this lesson, you will learn to draw letters within the constraints of a pre-drawn shape. This exercise will help you to develop your skills at manipulating letters to fit in unexpected shapes and layouts. This is also a great way to develop unexpected letterforms. ”

In this video lesson Adam Hayes addresses the topic: Letters in Boxes, 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, you will learn to draw letters in the constraints of a pre-drawn shape. This exercise will help you develop your skills and manipulating letters to fit into unexpected shapes and layouts. This is a great way to help you develop unexpected letter forms. So we'll start off by drawing a series. are boxes across the page. Fairly random. Each one's slightly different to the previous. Let's go right across the spread. There we go, right across. So for the first letter, I'm going to draw an L. This should be quite simple to fit into this space. Just a couple of lines will add a lit...”

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Course summary for: Hand-Lettering Sketchbook: Techniques to Unlock Creativity

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (108)
4522 students
4 units
15 lessons (2h 35m)
5 downloads

Category
Calligraphy & Typography
Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Hand Lettering, Sketchbook, Sketching

Adam Hayes

A course by Adam Hayes

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Illustrator and Designer

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.