Typography Sketchbook: Drawing Letters with Style
Sans-Serif Lettering
A course by Joanna Muñoz , Illustrator and Lettering Artist
About the video: Sans-Serif Lettering
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll show you how to draw a sans-serif phrase based on your favorite mantra or affirmation. ”
In this video lesson Joanna Muñoz addresses the topic: Sans-Serif Lettering, 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
“Sans-Serif Lettering In this lesson, I'll show you how to draw a sans serif lettering phrase based on your favorite mantra or affirmation. For this, I already chose to do a bubble letter style lettering with a wavy baseline but if you need to use thumbnails to sketch your ideas, I encourage you to do so. I'll block out the boundaries of my sketch. I don't want this to go over the edges of the page. Since we have a vertical sketchbook laid out in front of us, I'll separate the mantra into four different lines. "Love," "Your," "Self," "More." I'll loosely block out the overall rectangle of th...”
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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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