Illustration and Lettering: Create a Book Cover
The lettering
A course by Manon Bucciarelli , Book Cover Designer
Joined September 2021
Joined September 2021
About the video: The lettering
Overview
“Now you will see how to draw your title using contemporary hand lettering techniques. ”
In this video lesson Manon Bucciarelli addresses the topic: The lettering, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration and Lettering: Create a Book Cover. Learn to understand the needs of a publisher and create an original book cover that combines hand lettering and illustration in Photoshop and InDesign.
Partial transcription of the video
“The lettering In this lesson, we will see how to work our title by hand. It was well specified in the brief of our imaginary publisher that he wanted to see a handwritten title. In general, for hand lettering, we will work with a grid. Here, our title is composed of only two words which have a fairly comparable size. The grid will therefore be very simple. I made you available examples of grids on two levels. In my case, on this track that we will call the bikini track, the title will fit into the space left by the swimsuit. It's called a calligram. First, we will count the number of letter...”
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Course summary for: Illustration and Lettering: Create a Book Cover
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography, Design, Illustration -
Software
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Editorial Design, Editorial Illustration, Graphic Design, Hand Lettering, Lettering
Manon Bucciarelli
A course by Manon Bucciarelli
Manon Bucciarelli studied graphic design at the École Nationale Duperré and has been working as a freelancer since 2005. Passionate about reading, she specialized in the publishing sector, looking to shake things up in cover illustration, which she found was all too often bland and overlooked. Whether it's albums, cookbooks, or novels, she likes to play with colors and typography.
She has extensive experience in publishing and has illustrated books for Hachette, Fayard, Gallimard, and 10.18 in pocket formats. She has also created collection designs for the likes of Éditions Anne Carrière, for which she received the Best Editorial Design Award from Le Club des DA.
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