Intro to Hand-Lettering for Inspirational Quotes
Sketching
A course by Nico Ng , Lettering Artist
About the video: Sketching
Overview
“Once the composition has been planned and finalized, the next step is to sketch out the layout and letter guides accurately. In this lesson, I will guide you through this process.”
In this video lesson Nico Ng addresses the topic: Sketching, which is part of the Domestika online course: Intro to Hand-Lettering for Inspirational Quotes. Turn your message into meaningful artwork step by step by exploring lettering styles, composition, color, and decorative details.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Sketching In this lesson, you'll work on your layout and letter guides. Let's start with sketching our layout guides. First, let's draw our vertical center. I will grab my ruler and measure the center of this paper. This is the center and I'll mark the bottom as well. This is 210 mm, so the middle is 105. Then I will draw a straight line. Next, I'll prepare the grid. I'll center the composition ruler, press it down, and then I'll mark the dots on top and at the bottom. What we're doing is we're creating a 0.5-inch grid for our composition, which will help us create shapes that are perfect...”
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Course summary for: Intro to Hand-Lettering for Inspirational Quotes
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Calligraphy, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Typography, Typography Design
Nico Ng
A course by Nico Ng
Nico Ng is a multidisciplinary designer, educator, and creative entrepreneur from Manila. After completing a degree in engineering, he started to teach himself lettering and before long, it was clear he was destined for a career in the art world. He first shared his work on Instagram in 2014 and began to receive private commissions. His systematic approach was born out of his struggles with aligning larger compositions freehand. During its creation, he used his background in engineering and created his first ever letting tool—the Composition Ruler.
Thanks to his deliberate, carefully structured, and harmonious style, he’s had the pleasure of working with Japanese stationary brand Tombow, for which he was one of the first brand ambassadors in the Philippines, and Manuscript Pen Company. Nowadays, he is into exploring other artists’ processes as well as digital lettering.
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