Retro Hand-Lettering: Embracing Imperfections

Overview

“Here, I’ll talk about a range of influences I have looked to throughout my career as an artist. From style to subject matter and tone, artists like Jon Contino and McBess have been incredibly inspiring, along with retro technology music, and street art and culture. ”

In this video lesson Jay Roeder addresses the topic: Influences , which is part of the Domestika online course: Retro Hand-Lettering: Embracing Imperfections. Learn lettering techniques to create original compositions composed of words, letters, and phrases that reflect your personal style.

Partial transcription of the video

“Influences In the last lesson, we learned about me and what led me to hand lettering. In this lesson, we'll learn about inspiration and influences. In terms of inspiration, I think it's important to have a very wide range of influences. That can come in the form of other artists, or that can come in the form of daily experiences that you have. It could be music, other cultural references, anything. If it inspires you, it can be an influence. The first inspirational artist I want to detail is Jon Contino. He's a fellow Domestika teacher as well, so check out his course. Let's take a look at ...”

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Course summary for: Retro Hand-Lettering: Embracing Imperfections

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (34)
• 1722 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 34m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Software

  Procreate

• Areas

  Digital Illustration, Digital Lettering, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Traditional illustration