Expressive Lettering with Swashes and Flourishes

Preparation in Illustrator: Lighting the Design

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: Preparation in Illustrator: Lighting the Design

Overview

“Before bringing the artwork into Photoshop, let's make the necessary preparations in Illustrator. I will teach you how to create a bevel effect on your letterforms and look at some techniques for simulating the lighting. You will see how this helps to enhance the effect and give depth to the letters. ”

In this video lesson Dan Forster addresses the topic: Preparation in Illustrator: Lighting the Design, 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

“Preparation in Illustrator: Lighting the Design So in the last unit we vectored our lettering piece. As I was saying, it can be sometimes beneficial to add extra depth, texture and dimension to our lettering pieces to really bring them to life. So that's what we're going to look at in this next unit. So I've brought some examples to show you. So this is the first example. I'd say with texture and depth, sometimes subtlety is the best way to go. And we don't want to go too over the top. So you can see that the texture in here, it's just a very simple grain texture. So the other thing to cons...”

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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.