3D Lettering with Photoshop and Illustrator
How to Generate Ideas
A course by Jonathan Ortiz , Graphic Designer
About the video: How to Generate Ideas
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll show you how to make different quick sketches for your lettering design.”
In this video lesson Jonathan Ortiz addresses the topic: How to Generate Ideas, which is part of the Domestika online course: 3D Lettering with Photoshop and Illustrator. Learn to create lettering art with different special effects using Photoshop and Illustrator, then apply it to the medium or format of your choice.
Partial transcription of the video
“How to generate ideas In this lesson we will analyze the structure of our letterings. For my first composition I have chosen the phrase "Feeling good". Now I will review a bit of that structure. In this first example we can see that the structure is more regular. Even the stroke of the T is a bit straight. But I feel like it lacks a bit of expressiveness. In this second composition I tried an F in the form of 7. I tried a ligature between the ascending stroke of the G with the dot of the I. There's a swash of the G to compensate for this space that is generated here and one at the bottom. A...”
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Course summary for: 3D Lettering with Photoshop and Illustrator
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Calligraphy & Typography -
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Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
3D, 3D Lettering, Digital Lettering, Lettering

Jonathan Ortiz
A course by Jonathan Ortiz
Jonathan Ortiz is a graphic designer from Ecuador who specializes in branding, lettering, and illustration. He began his career in 3D and gradually moved into the vector universe. Driven by his passion for letters, he loves to play with shapes and experiment with shadow and volume to create original designs.
He has worked with individual clients and collaborated with brands like Affinity Designer, Sweet & Coffee, Vectornator, and Bakanes.
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