Playful Typography for Powerful Communication in Illustrator
Message and Composition
A course by Dani Molyneux , Graphic Designer and Typographic Artist
Joined February 2021
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Joined February 2021
About the video: Message and Composition
Overview
“Time to choose what you want to say and how you want people to feel. I'll show you how to capture a global mood and express it through type. ”
In this video lesson Dani Molyneux addresses the topic: Message and Composition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Playful Typography for Powerful Communication in Illustrator. Learn the basics of typography to create memorable compositions that harness the power of words.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Message and Composition In this lesson, we'll take our understanding of how powerful typography can be. We'll start to hone in our message and composition. I have this sketchbook, and a chunky pencil like this. You can just press like that. You don't have to sharpen it, and it's awesome. These doodles here are stuff that I do when I try to come up with ideas. I'll start with things like just messages. It could be something like this, where I'm trying to think... This one was was about green issues, and I write everything down. I'm not thinking of it in terms of composition at this stage, ...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Playful Typography for Powerful Communication in Illustrator
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Creativity, Design, Digital Design, Graphic Design, Poster Design, Typography, Typography Design
Dani Molyneux
A course by Dani Molyneux
Dani Molyneux is a graphic designer and typographic artist based in Manchester, England. She grew up with a pencil and sketchbook in hand and originally wanted to be a fashion designer. During textile class in school, she began experimenting with drawing and painting before being introduced to graphic design by her tutor. Dani studied visual communications at Leeds Art University, where she experimented with a variety of different creative disciplines. After graduating, she worked as a designer for leading creative agencies across the UK before going freelance after the birth of her daughter.
In 2017, Dani started her brand Dotto with the aim of making meaningful artwork. She was also the co-founder of Ladies, Wine & Design Manchester, which supports female creatives, as well as The How, which helps bring artists together in response to the pandemic.
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