Urban Brush Lettering Technique
Building technique using two casual font styles
A course by Otto Baum , Artist
About the video: Building technique using two casual font styles
Overview
“I will show you step by step how to turn the sketched letters into a letter using the individual brush sequences. To do this, I will create two selected casual fonts using the building technique.”
In this video lesson Otto Baum addresses the topic: Building technique using two casual font styles, which is part of the Domestika online course: Urban Brush Lettering Technique. Discover the secrets of creating stunning urban brush lettering with our comprehensive course. .
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson I'll show you how to combine the previously practiced strokes into a letter. I'll show you the constructive writing, which consists of that we form the letter line by line. For this exercise, I chose two casual fonts. once one, which is directed more straight up and another, which is slightly skewed. One of the features of this font is that we have many curved lines. So there are no rigid lines but this style has a certain personality, a certain flow. These characteristics are common to both writings in this lesson. For the layout for sketching, I have now chosen a line heigh...”
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Course summary for: Urban Brush Lettering Technique
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Procreate -
Areas
Digital Lettering, Lettering
Otto Baum
A course by Otto Baum
Otto Baum is a versatile artist originally from Berlin, where he works in his studio in Lichtenberg. His training in Textile and Surface Design at the Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee has enabled him to explore and combine various artistic disciplines.
As a member of the KLUB7 art collective, Otto has contributed to numerous public artworks, known for their large-scale murals and his skills in woodworking and creating unique drawing tools.
His focus on calligraphy and brush lettering reflects a passion for reviving traditional techniques in a contemporary context. His emphasis is on creating letters with a distinctive "flow" that evokes a time when handwriting was predominant.
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