Illustrated Lettering with Manual and Digital Techniques
Refining your sketch
A course by Lygia Pires , Graphic Designer and Visual Artist
About the video: Refining your sketch
Overview
“Still using the layers technique, I will now move on to the refinement step of my drawing to arrive at a very well defined sketch, ready for the digital step.”
In this video lesson Lygia Pires addresses the topic: Refining your sketch, 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
“Refining your sketch In this class, I will continue with the layering technique. to refine my sketch and leave it well defined for the digital step. I'm going to get another sheet of waxed paper. Remember to position and secure it properly so that the drawing doesn't move. Now is the time to refine your entire design, hit all the points to be improved and change them if you wish. It's also time to detail parts of your art. For example, in my case, as it is a stained glass, it is very important to bring this kind of information. I take advantage of the lines that were already defined here on...”
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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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