Expressive Lettering with Swashes and Flourishes

Serif Style: Making a Composition with Flourishes 1

A course by Dan Forster , Designer and lettering artist

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1,267 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: Serif Style: Making a Composition with Flourishes 1

Overview

“It's time to take all the things you've learnt about the serif style – from the calligraphy to the history – and make an expressive piece of serif lettering with flourishes.”

In this video lesson Dan Forster addresses the topic: Serif Style: Making a Composition with Flourishes 1, 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

“Serif Style: Making a Composition with Flourishes So now that we've looked at some lettering theory and some of the foundations, we're going to put this into practice and we're actually going to start making some words and create some lettering and have some fun. So we're going to make an expressive piece of lettering in a serif style and add in some swashes and flourishes. So I'm going to show you my whole process for doing this from start to finish. We're also going to look at two other things, how we can be expressive with our letterforms, but also how can we make some interesting and di...”

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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.