Vintage Lettering: Custom Compositions From Scratch
Gathering Inspiration
A course by Mark van Leeuwen , Lettering Artist and Type Designer
About the video: Gathering Inspiration
Overview
“To begin, let's collect some ideas for preferred types and lettering styles.”
In this video lesson Mark van Leeuwen addresses the topic: Gathering Inspiration, 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
“Gathering Inspiration In this unit, we'll start working on our final project. In the first lesson, we'll gather ideas and look for some inspiration. As we're working on a personal project and we're not linked to a design brief or anything, all we need is something that sparks our creativity and gets us going with some ideas we will use for our project. When I'm looking for inspiration, I always go back to images that I've collected over the years, of designs that inspired me in some way or that I like the look of. I collect them in Pinterest boards and I'd like to show you some of these boa...”
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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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