Introduction to Ink Lettering

Overview

“Having the final words, you will make different compositions with them. You will choose your final words, their position between them, drawing, refining the stroke and filling in their content (shadows, gradients, gaps, etc.) for a quick visualization of how it will turn out. The idea is to make several essays on how the letters can be arranged to have an aesthetic and visually balanced composition. ”

In this video lesson Marianna Rezk Timcke addresses the topic: Sketching the composition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Ink Lettering. Know the significance of lettering by using different ink techniques and bring your works to a different level.

Partial transcription of the video

“Sketching the composition You must already have your chosen phrase and you should know what typographic styles you are going to use. Well, it's not using them as such, but in which models are you going to get inspired And what kind of lyrics do you want? Let's start the sketch and composition part of your sentence. I brought a book edited by Steven Heller and Lita Talarico. They show the processes of great artists where can we see the sketches and many times the finished composition. It's very interesting, because you almost never have the chance of seeing the process that a known artist ha...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Ink Lettering

• Level: Beginner
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• 888 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (2h 16m)
• 12 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Hand Lettering, Ink Illustration, Lettering