Retro Hand-Lettering: Embracing Imperfections

Warm-up Exercises

A course by Jay Roeder , Illustrator and Hand-Lettering Artist

Illustrator and Hand-Lettering Artist. Saint Paul, United States.
Joined September 2021
100% positive reviews (34)
1,722 students
Audio: English
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About the video: Warm-up Exercises

Overview

“Here I will teach you some exercises that will help you practice hand lettering. ”

In this video lesson Jay Roeder addresses the topic: Warm-up Exercises, 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

“Warm-up Exercises In the last lesson, we learned about common lettering styles and the hand lettering process. I think it will be helpful in this lesson to go over some warmups that will help us as we prepare for our main project. I've prepared some templates that will be very useful as we move to the final project. These are typically little warmups that I do that help loosen me up as we move forward. Let's start with sans serif. I've imported this template here that we'll be using to work from for this warmup for sans serif. If you don't have an iPad, you can take that template, print it ...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.


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

Jay Roeder

Jay Roeder
A course by Jay Roeder

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Illustrator and Hand-Lettering Artist

Jay Roeder is a freelance illustrator who specializes in hand-lettering. From a young age, he was always passionate about art. In college, he studied graphic design and illustration, and after graduating, he started working in different design agencies, handling projects for a range of international brands. In 2012, he decided to quit his job to focus on hand-lettering.

Since then, he has worked with brands such as Nike, Hilton, and Subway, and agencies on branding, packaging, books and magazine covers, ad campaigns, and murals. He has also written three books on hand lettering: 100 Days of Lettering, Lettering Alphabets & Artwork, and Harry Potter Hand Lettering.


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Retro Hand-Lettering: Embracing Imperfections. Calligraphy, and Typography course by Jay Roeder

Retro Hand-Lettering: Embracing Imperfections

A course by Jay Roeder
Illustrator and Hand-Lettering Artist. Saint Paul, United States.
Joined September 2021
  • 100% positive reviews (34)
  • 1,722 students