Expressive Lettering with Swashes and Flourishes

Creating a Vector of the Composition in Illustrator 1

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: Creating a Vector of the Composition in Illustrator 1

Overview

“In this lesson, you will learn how to vector the lettering piece. Once I've defined the positive and negative shapes clearly, I will give them a black fill.”

In this video lesson Dan Forster addresses the topic: Creating a Vector of the Composition in Illustrator 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

“Creating a Vector of the Composition in Illustrator In the last lesson, we looked at some of the best practices for vectoring in Illustrator and also which techniques suit which lettering styles. In this lesson, we're going to dive in and vector our lettering piece. Let's get started. Okay, let's get started with the vector. So here we are in Illustrator and I've created a document at A1 size. I like to work quite large, but obviously here in Illustrator we're working with vectors, which are of course scalable to any size. So your artwork can be scaled later, but I'm thinking that this desi...”

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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.