Typography Sketchbook: Drawing Letters with Style
Lettering Exercises 2
A course by Joanna Muñoz , Illustrator and Lettering Artist
About the video: Lettering Exercises 2
Overview
“Here, I will show you how to give your letters a three-dimensional feel. Then I will demonstrate how to draw the different types of serif: the bracketed, hairline, slab, rounded, wedge, and tuscan. ”
In this video lesson Joanna Muñoz addresses the topic: Lettering Exercises 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Typography Sketchbook: Drawing Letters with Style. Explore the art of hand lettering by filling a sketchbook with typographic compositions using a variety of creative techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Lettering Exercises One thing to remember that I noticed while filling in these letterforms, if you're going back in and filling in these spaces, your hand will drag across your sketchbook, which sometimes gives you some graphite on your pinkie finger. Try to keep that in mind and start to lift your hand or you can grab a piece of paper and set it down to keep your hand and your lettering clean. I'll go in with a thinner eraser to clean up the lines because this kneaded eraser is a bit too clunky for me. We will grab our Tuff Stuff eraser stick and start to clean it up a bit. Now, I'll take...”
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Course summary for: Typography Sketchbook: Drawing Letters with Style
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Sketchbook, Sketching
Joanna Muñoz
A course by Joanna Muñoz
Joanna Muñoz is a lettering artist, and illustrator based in Los Angeles. She’s the artist behind the studio Wink & Wonder. Her work is a fun blend of whimsical letterforms, rainbow palettes, and uplifting messages. Though she started out studying computer science, and later graphic design, she finally found her niche in hand lettering, and now shares her work with her 42K followers on Instagram.
She has created custom lettering for brands like HBO, Nickelodeon, Pottery Barn, Michael Kors, Microsoft, and PayPal, as well as for small, local businesses. She also hosts lettering events and teaches workshops in Southern California. Her goal is to create artwork that resonates with people and encourages them to be their most authentic selves and live their best lives.
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