Animated Lettering for GIFs: Boost Your Online Presence
About Me
A course by RYLSEE ☻ , Visual Artist
About the video: About Me
Overview
“To begin with, I'll talk about my professional career as an artist and how my passions turned into a job I didn’t know existed.”
In this video lesson RYLSEE ☻ addresses the topic: About Me , which is part of the Domestika online course: Animated Lettering for GIFs: Boost Your Online Presence. Combine playful lettering with motion graphics to create eye-catching GIFs that stand out on social media.
Partial transcription of the video
“ ABOUT ME Hey, everyone. Welcome to my Domestika course. Before we dive deeper into the letters and the world of GIFs, I would like to tell you a bit about myself. First things first, my name is Cyril Vouilloz. I'm more known in the art world under the name of Rylsee. This strange Rylsee name comes from a concept that exists in French hip-hop called "verlan" in which rappers take words and swap syllables in order to create new rhymes. My name is Cyril, Rylsee. My friends have been calling me like this since forever and it stuck. I'm a Swiss artist who likes to play with letters, and I'm to...”
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Course summary for: Animated Lettering for GIFs: Boost Your Online Presence
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Category
3D & Animation, Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
Areas
Animation, Digital Lettering, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Typography

RYLSEE ☻
A course by RYLSEE ☻
Cyril Vouilloz, better known as RYLSEE, is a Swiss visual artist and author based in Berlin. He has been drawing for as long as he can remember and turned his childhood hobby into a 20-year career in visual arts. RYLSEE is a freelance designer and one of the founding members of Urban Spree, an arts and music venue in the heart of Berlin. He also runs lettering workshops for individuals, schools, universities, and companies.
RYLSEE has worked with clients including Nike, LinkedIn, and Converse. He has presented at art exhibitions all over the world and a number of his artworks have gained global attention, including his viral “Too Shy to Rap” design. In 2017 RYLSEE published How to Play With Letters, a guide on how to add playful touches to lettering. More recently he has moved into animated design, and his “New Post” Instagram sticker has been used over a billion times on the platform.
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