Illustrated Lettering with Manual and Digital Techniques
From idea to mood board
A course by Lygia Pires , Graphic Designer and Visual Artist
About the video: From idea to mood board
Overview
“Here I will explain the paths to be followed and the questions that we must ask ourselves when thinking about and conceptualizing a composition. ”
In this video lesson Lygia Pires addresses the topic: From idea to mood board, 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
“From idea to moodboard In this class, I'll show you how to create a concept for your project, the paths to be taken and the questions you should ask when thinking about a composition. The big secret of a composition is telling a good story. It's going far beyond pretty letters, thrown on paper without any criteria. It's about creating something that involves people, tell this story in a profound and poetic way. That's why I say my work is like visual poetry. With her, I can tell things that I feel, that I think and that I dream. That way I create a much deeper composition. and that it conve...”
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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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