Creative Lettering Specialization: Handcrafted Designs and Digital Innovation

Overview

“Continuing on from the previous lesson, you'll now see how 'pen influence' works in practice, by trying your hand at some calligraphy. Don't worry, you don't have to be a good calligrapher to be a great lettering artist. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: 'Pen Influence' in Practice 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Lettering Specialization: Handcrafted Designs and Digital Innovation. Learn hand-painted sign creation by mastering lettering techniques, brush handling, and color application for unique signage.

Partial transcription of the video

“'Pen Influence' in Practice In this lesson, I'll talk about the importance of understanding pen influence. So the Roman capital serif is like the grandfather of all modern Western type that we use today. And there's been many attempts to break down its construction. But in simple terms, the characters are based on either a square or a half square. So as you can see here, now this is defined by a circle, which is the O. And then you can see every character that we've got here is pretty much either making the full square or like the half square. And what I've done, I've created this downloada...”

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Course summary for: Creative Lettering Specialization: Handcrafted Designs and Digital Innovation

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (3)
• 272 students
• 6 units
• 89 lessons (16h 12m)
• 55 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Calligraphy, Digital Lettering, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Typography