Retro Hand-Lettering: Embracing Imperfections

Hand Lettering Within Shapes

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)
1,744 students
Audio: English
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About the video: Hand Lettering Within Shapes

Overview

“Now I will show you how you can use hand lettering within shapes. ”

In this video lesson Jay Roeder addresses the topic: Hand Lettering Within Shapes, 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

“Hand Lettering Within Shapes In the last lesson, we did several warmups that I think will be helpful and foundational as we move forward. Now, I want to take things a step further and challenge you with lettering within a shape. I've prepared another resource for you to download, a template to work from that showcases a few shapes that you see here. We'll use this to letter within. Let's open a new layer over here, clicking on the plus icon there. I'll go into the Brush library and I'll select the Round Brush from the Painting category. It's also included with Procreate, so you should have ...”

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Course summary for: Retro Hand-Lettering: Embracing Imperfections

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (34)
  • 1744 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.


  • 100% positive reviews (34)
  • 1,744 students
  • 15 lessons (2h 34m)
  • 25 additional resources (9 files)
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  • Audio: English
  • Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
  • Level: Beginner
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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)
  • 1,744 students