Introduction to Lettering with Procreate
Guide brushes
A course by Daniel Hosoya , Advertising Designer
About the video: Guide brushes
Overview
“Another way to take advantage of the brushes is to create guides or grids that make it easier to follow a horizontal or support us for the drawing of our letters. Here I will show you how to create some basic grids, to be able to use them in Procreate.”
In this video lesson Daniel Hosoya addresses the topic: Guide brushes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Lettering with Procreate. Discover how to design letters in different styles on your iPad.
Partial transcription of the video
“UNIT 3 BRUSHES - GUIDE BRUSHES We have played with the properties of the brushes. We are going to take advantage of them to build specific brushes. It could be textures or a grid. I'll work it in Illustrator but you don't necessarily have to do it there. You can also do it from Procreate or any other program that allows you to generate an image. What's more, you could take an image from the internet and use it as the origin of your brush shape. We will work on very specific grids to determine size, height, or gaps necessary for its construction. You can also build patterns of points or line...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Lettering with Procreate
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Procreate -
Areas
3D Lettering, Digital Lettering, Lettering

Daniel Hosoya
A course by Daniel Hosoya
This Mexican advertising designer's true passion for letters is palpable in each and every one of his works. Throughout his more-than-ten-year professional career, he has worked as an art director for different agencies such as Wunderman, Lunave, IDologie, and GTB.
In addition, he has collaborated independently with brands such as Absolut Vodka, Johnnie Walker, Grupo Expansión, Grupo Modelo, and Palacio de Hierro, among others.
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