Digital Lettering Techniques: Geometry and Expression
The Design of Lyrics and Music
A course by Juan Camilo Hincapié , Graphic Designer and Letterng Specialist
About the video: The Design of Lyrics and Music
Overview
“Lyric design and music have been closely linked for a long time. In this lesson, I'll talk about how these two worlds come together through album covers and how they've evolved. I will also tell you about the graphic designer who has marked a before and after in the design of album covers.”
In this video lesson Juan Camilo Hincapié addresses the topic: The Design of Lyrics and Music, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Lettering Techniques: Geometry and Expression. Learn three methods for designing letters digitally and create compositions inspired by your favorite music.
Partial transcription of the video
“The design of the lyrics and music In this lesson we will see and analyze some album covers in which typography has been the protagonist. Come with me to see them. In this part we will talk about graphic design and the lyrics in the music. Many years ago, vinyl records They came standard wrapped in brown paper, giving them a not very attractive image that often scratched the discs. In the picture we can see a very simple and not very striking composition, some numbers, words and accompanying marks. What was previously available was a role with very little impact. But all this was about to c...”
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Course summary for: Digital Lettering Techniques: Geometry and Expression
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Branding & Identity, Graphic Design, Lettering, Traditional illustration

Juan Camilo Hincapié
A course by Juan Camilo Hincapié
Juan Camilo, known in the art world as Rulo, is a graphic designer with a passion for illustration, typography, and geometric shapes. He is motivated by the expression of letters and different methods for their construction, and is constantly in pursuit of new communicative pathways using words.
He's collaborated with brands like Hatsu, True, Levi's, and Falabella, as well as 23 Hotel and La Solar Festival. He has also won competitions including Talentos con Actitud Dux in 2020. His greatest professional accomplishment to date was as art director of Medellín Marca Ciudad, for which he designed the logo and iconography of his hometown.
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