Vintage Lettering: Custom Compositions From Scratch
Effects
A course by Mark van Leeuwen , Lettering Artist and Type Designer
About the video: Effects
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you how adding details, effects, and color to your lettering composition makes a great impact.”
In this video lesson Mark van Leeuwen addresses the topic: Effects, 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
“Effects Now that we drew the letters, we can move on in this lesson to add some color and maybe some effects to our design. From where we left off, I hit the background in our Procreate file and then exported a transparent PNG to transfer it to my computer. I'll now take that file and import it directly into Photoshop. Now that I have a transparent background, I have to add in a background again so we can color it accordingly. I'll add a solid color layer and to do that, I'll go to the bottom left side of our screen, and add a Solid Color. For now, I'll leave it white, and drag the layer be...”
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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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