Adobe Illustrator for Typography, Lettering and Calligraphy
Course 4 - Create your Own Letters: Creation of the guides
By Andrés Ochoa , Designer
About the video: Creation of the guides
Overview
“Earlier we saw the usefulness of the rules for measuring and aligning elements, but we don't always need straight lines. I will teach you to create custom guides that help you work more complex ways.”
In this video lesson Andrés Ochoa addresses the topic: Creation of the guides, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 4 - Create your Own Letters. Discover the secrets to creating your own letters.
Partial transcription of the video
“ILLUSTRATOR COURSE 4 LESSON 7 Creating the guides Earlier we saw the usefulness of the rules for creating guides, But we don't always need straight guides. There are also other types of guides that we can use, as curves or in some form. In this lesson I will teach you how to do it. It is very simple, all you need is to create a figure, either the default ones or any you draw, For example, let's make a circle. Once you have the figure, you right click and you create guides. Automatically change by the same color of the guides, this light blue, and has the same properties as the guides. You c...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Course 4 - Create your Own Letters
Andrés Ochoa
By Andrés Ochoa
Andrés Ochoa is a Mexican designer with a degree in graphic design from the Universidad La Salle. He is a partner at the communication consultancy SUB and a lettering artist by the name of Typebrain.
Over the last ten years, he has directed and developed projects for industry giants such as Nestlé and Sephora as well as for individuals and start-ups across the fashion, music, and alcoholic beverage sectors.
His work has won awards and been published in magazines, books, and design blogs around the world. He has also given lectures and workshops at some of Mexico's leading universities. He is currently in the search for his own creative language through the exploration of lettering art.
- 0% positive reviews (0)
- 14 students
- 11 lessons (1h 9m)
- 5 additional resources (3 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, French, Portuguese, English
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish · Romanian · Indonesian
- Level: {beginner: "Beginner", intermediate: "Intermediate", advanced: "Advanced"}
- Unlimited access forever
