Expressive Lettering with Swashes and Flourishes

About Me and My Work

A course by Dan Forster , Designer and lettering artist

100% positive reviews (31)

1,267 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: About Me and My Work

Overview

“To get started, let me introduce myself! I will talk about my work, why I love letters, and how I came to be a lettering artist. ”

In this video lesson Dan Forster addresses the topic: About Me and My Work, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Lettering with Swashes and Flourishes. Take your lettering to the next level with swashes and flourishes! Learn how to create unique, expressive compositions..

Partial transcription of the video

“About Me and My Work I'm a lettering artist and designer. In this first lesson, I'm going to introduce myself, talk about my work, and how I became a lettering artist. So I grew up in Manchester. I'm now based in Leeds, but my childhood was spent over in Manchester. It was quite a creative family. My father was a lettering artist and calligrapher. As a kid, I used to spend a lot of time in his studio rummaging through his book collection or playing on his enlarger machine in the corner of the studio, tracing my comics and that kind of thing. So my dad, his name was Tony Forster, so he was a...”

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Course summary for: Expressive Lettering with Swashes and Flourishes

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (31)
1267 students
5 units
25 lessons (5h 54m)
22 downloads

Category
Calligraphy & Typography
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Procreate
Areas
Calligraphy, Digital Lettering, Hand Lettering, Lettering

Dan Forster

A course by Dan Forster

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Designer and lettering artist

Dan Forster, a talented lettering artist based in the UK, specializes in creating custom lettering for clients worldwide. With a wealth of experience in various lettering projects, including brand marks, logos, book covers, and packaging designs, Dan's expertise shines through in his craft.

Inspired by his award-winning father, Tony Forster, Dan learned the importance of studying the structures and details within letterforms from an early age. His work often features swashes and flourishes, which provide further expression and tell stories inspired by his travels and the local culture, architecture, and signage.

Drawing inspiration from his journeys, Dan seeks to incorporate aspects of different places into his lettering work, whether through visual references or capturing the attitude and approach of a location. His dedication to scale, detail, and craftsmanship is evident in projects that mirror architectural masterpieces like the Sagrada Familia or St. Peter's Basilica.