Vintage Lettering: Custom Compositions From Scratch
Adding the Final Touches and Preparing for Social Media
A course by Mark van Leeuwen , Lettering Artist and Type Designer
About the video: Adding the Final Touches and Preparing for Social Media
Overview
“If you want to upload your project onto social media, there are a few things to keep in mind. ”
In this video lesson Mark van Leeuwen addresses the topic: Adding the Final Touches and Preparing for Social Media, 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
“Adding the Final Touches and Preparing for Social Media In this lesson, we'll add some final touches to our design and prepare it to share it online. I've decided to share this artwork on Instagram, so first, I'll re-crop it so it fits nicely on the platform. The best format to crop our pictures on Instagram is 4 x 5, so I'm going to make a new file that in this case is going to be 1400 x 1750 pixels. As it will be shown online, the color mode we'll be working in is RGB. Then I can take my design to the new document we just created but first, I need to make one single image by merging all t...”
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Course summary for: Vintage Lettering: Custom Compositions From Scratch
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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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