Typography Sketchbook: Drawing Letters with Style
Script Lettering
A course by Joanna Muñoz , Illustrator and Lettering Artist
About the video: Script Lettering
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll show you how to draw an inspirational quote using script letterforms. You will see how to exaggerate the letters and incorporate swashes and flourishes to fill the page. ”
In this video lesson Joanna Muñoz addresses the topic: Script 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
“In this lesson, we're going to use script lettering to letter an inspirational quote. I'm going to choose gratitude is everything just because I really believe in the power of being thankful for the things you already have. But feel free to use an inspirational quote that means something to you. Because this is such a long phrase, we're going to divvy this up across two pages and two lines. I'm going to lay down the baseline and the cap height and X height for our letter forms, and we'll go from there. Because I know the word everything has descenders in the letters Y and G, I need to make ...”
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Course summary for: Typography Sketchbook: Drawing Letters with Style
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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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