By Hand and On The Cover

Course final project

A course by Sergio Jiménez , Illustrator and Letter Artist

Illustrator and Letter Artist. Madrid, Spain.
Joined October 2005
92% positive reviews (59)
1,293 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the final project for: By Hand and On The Cover

By hand and on the cover

“This is a summary of everything we have been seeing during the course:

  • Selection of references
  • Choice of materials
  • Development of a sketch
  • Drawing and inking of letters
  • Creation of textures
  • Scanning
  • Color treatment
  • Disposition
  • Final presentation
I hope you liked the course. Now you just have to make your book cover and share it with me and the other students in the course forum. See you in the forum! Sergio”

Partial transcription of the video

“Well, what you have seen is basically my work process. If you like, let's remember all the steps we have taken; to get to the final piece. Let's summarize. The first thing we have done is a selection of references. And I asked each of you to select some references that are your own, right? And a little from the study of that material. Well, what we have done is choose some instruments or materials... those to work with. Then we developed a sketch. Something that we have done in the beginning in a very simple way. Very simple, right? With these pencil drawings. Which were like little stamps,...”

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Course summary for: By Hand and On The Cover

  • Level: Beginner
  • 92% positive reviews (59)
  • 1293 students
  • 4 units
  • 10 lessons (2h 28m)
  • 16 downloads
  • Category

    Calligraphy & Typography
  • Areas

    Hand Lettering, Lettering, Traditional illustration

Sergio Jiménez

Sergio Jiménez
A course by Sergio Jiménez

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Illustrator and Letter Artist

Sergio Jiménez is a freelance illustrator specializing in illustration and lettering. In his works, a manual approach to the drawing of letters and an experimental use of typography feature heavily. He currently lives in Madrid from where he has worked inside and outside the country for clients such as Computer Arts, Random House Mondadori, Etapes, Rolling Stone, Público, El País, Yorokobu, Uno Skateboard, and el Periódico de Catalunya.

He has collaborated with prominent advertising agencies such as Attik London, Coca Cola, Sra Rushmore, Vodafone, Avalancha, and Vallnord Freestyle. In 2010 he was selected as an emerging designer at the IV International Typography Congress in Valencia, and for a few years he has been giving lectures and workshops at different schools and universities.


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By Hand and On The Cover. Calligraphy, and Typography course by Sergio Jiménez

By Hand and On The Cover

A course by Sergio Jiménez
Illustrator and Letter Artist. Madrid, Spain.
Joined October 2005
  • 92% positive reviews (59)
  • 1,293 students