Vintage Lettering: Custom Compositions From Scratch
About Me
A course by Mark van Leeuwen , Lettering Artist and Type Designer
About the video: About Me
Overview
“Let me introduce myself! In this lesson, I will tell you about my hand lettering journey and the projects I am most proud of!”
In this video lesson Mark van Leeuwen addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Vintage Lettering: Custom Compositions From Scratch. Learn the fundamentals of typography to create an original typeform composition by hand and bring it to life in Procreate.
Partial transcription of the video
“About Me Hi, I'm Mark van Leewen, an Italian and Dutch type designer and lettering artist. I grew up in the countryside in Italy and ever since I was a kid, I used to draw and play music, so I had a pretty creative childhood. I got into the world of lettering towards the end of high school. I'd love to have some profound reason which got me into this art form, but really, I just saw some of those examples online and wanted to give it a go myself. I started posting some of the results up online and slowly but surely, what started as a hobby blossomed into something bigger. After graduating h...”
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Course summary for: Vintage Lettering: Custom Compositions From Scratch
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Category
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Areas
Calligraphy, Digital Lettering, Lettering, Typography, Typography Design
Mark van Leeuwen
A course by Mark van Leeuwen
Mark van Leeuwen is an Italian-Dutch freelance lettering artist and type designer based in Berlin, Germany. Over the past decade, he has worked with independent clients, agencies and a number of international businesses, creating logo designs, posters, murals, books and album covers.
His client list includes Cadillac, Etsy, Apple Music, DJ Tiësto, Jägermeister, Harper Collins, Penguin Random House, and Adobe. He has been featured in numerous publications including AIGA Eye On Design, Goodtype: The Art of Lettering, Rizzoli, and Yearbook of Type. He is also the recipient of the CommArts Typography Annual Award, both in 2020 and 2022.
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