Vibrant Lettering: Find Your Style Through Pop Culture
Starting to Sketch 1
A course by Rich Tu , Designer and Creative Director
About the video: Starting to Sketch 1
Overview
“Now that we’ve decided on our key phrases, we’ll start sketching. This is the fun part, with no bad ideas. Time to play! As I begin working on one of the phrases, you'll see my process for sketching. I'll try different possibilities and designs. The idea here is to let things be as rough as they need to be. There is no point in polishing at this stage.”
In this video lesson Rich Tu addresses the topic: Starting to Sketch 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Vibrant Lettering: Find Your Style Through Pop Culture. Explore your personality and the pop culture references you identify with to create a unique design that combines hand-lettering with illustration.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Starting to Sketch In this lesson, we'll start sketching and this part is fun. Now that we've identified our top three phrases, we'll go back to Photoshop. You can do this right at home on a piece of paper too. We'll start visualizing our words. It's important to remember that during this part, there are no bad ideas. This is a place to discover and explore. Let's begin. Now that we have the three phrases that we'll take into sketch, let's start sketching. I'll make adjustments to our Photoshop file. I'll close this group for now. All of this stuff, our writing exercise, I'll keep this an...”
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Course summary for: Vibrant Lettering: Find Your Style Through Pop Culture
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Areas
Digital Lettering, Graphic Design, Lettering, Traditional illustration, Typography Design
Rich Tu
A course by Rich Tu
Rich is a first generation Filipino-American and award-winning artist residing in Brooklyn, NY. He is a graduate of SVA’s Illustration as Visual Essay program and takes inspiration from his heritage, pop culture, and the energy of New York City. Creatively, his focus is on emerging audiences and energetic brands that benefit from an eclectic and unique point of view.
Rich is the Group Creative Director at Jones Knowles Ritchie in New York City, and is the co-founder of the COLORFUL grant program, helping young BIPOC creatives express themselves. Rich has previously held high-profile roles in large companies like MTV Entertainment Group, and Nike Inc. His clients include Uniqlo, Mini, adidas, Coca-Cola, NorthFace, and The New York Times, among others.
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