Illustrated Lettering with Manual and Digital Techniques
About Me
A course by Lygia Pires , Graphic Designer and Visual Artist
About the video: About Me
Overview
“In this class, you will get to know my work and my trajectory. I'll tell you how I moved from the fashion area to graphic design until I managed to work with lettering and illustration. ”
In this video lesson Lygia Pires addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Lettering with Manual and Digital Techniques. Compose a creative image from start to finish by exploring color, texture, and lighting.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Hi! How is everything? My name is Lygia Pires, I am a designer and I've been working with illustration since 2008 and with lettering since 2011. I currently have a studio in Itu, a city close to São Paulo. Over the years, I have perfected my technique. Nowadays, my work is recognized for its precise lines, full of stories to tell and a lot of playfulness. However, my story started much earlier. Since I was a child, I've always been in love with drawings, colors and stories, mainly the fantasy ones. I drew whenever and wherever I could, but it was something I didn't take serious...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Lettering with Manual and Digital Techniques
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography, Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Digital Lettering, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Traditional illustration
Lygia Pires
A course by Lygia Pires
Lygia Pires is a graphic designer with a qualification in fashion design from the Faculdade Santa Marcelina, graphic design and motion graphics from the Panamericana School of Art and Design, and drawing and illustration from the Quanta Academy of Arts. She is currently a freelancer and works out of her own studio producing calligraphy, lettering, illustration, and design pieces for big national and international names like Louis Vuitton, Mont Blanc, Budweiser, and Puma, to name just a few.
She also teaches calligraphy and lettering courses across Brazil as well as online since 2015. Her work has been published in the Australian book Typism in editions 5, 6, and 7. In 2020, she received the Communication Arts Typography Award of Excellence and the Type Directors Club New York (TDC 66) Certificate of Typographic Excellence.
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