Vintage Lettering: Custom Compositions From Scratch
The Materials I Use
A course by Mark van Leeuwen , Lettering Artist and Type Designer
About the video: The Materials I Use
Overview
“In this lesson, I will introduce you to the tools I use for drawing my artwork. ”
In this video lesson Mark van Leeuwen addresses the topic: The Materials I Use, 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
“The Materials I Use In this lesson, we'll see the materials you'll need for the course. I'll show you all the tools you'll need for the sketching process all the way through to the digital drawing for our final project. I usually prefer using the most basic tools possible when I'm drawing, especially when I'm sketching. I don't like to stress out on specific kinds of material. When I have ideas, I want to sketch out. I like to have things in front of me that I can use right away without worrying about the quality of it necessarily already. In regard to paper, I really use whatever paper I 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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