Hand-Lettering Sketchbook: Techniques to Unlock Creativity

Fill your sketchbook with playful and creative typographic compositions to inspire your future lettering projects

• Introduction
• Getting to Know Our Tools
• Developing Your Creative Lettering Sketchbook
• How Your Sketchbooks Will Keep On Working for You
• Final project

Do you ever feel “stuck” during the design process? By drawing inspiration from your previous lettering work, you can overcome designer’s block and kick-start your future projects. Illustrator, and designer Adam Hayes, has discovered various ways in which a hand-lettering sketchbook can power your creative process and benefit your design projects. His design and typography expertise have seen him work with global clients including Google, Apple, Sony, and The Washington Post.

In this course, Adam shows you how to unlock your creativity by experimenting and filling your sketchbook with letterforms. Learn to play with different styles and explore the links between typography, sound, and color. Develop your favorite designs and use them to inspire future lettering projects.

• About Me
• Influences
• Materials
• Sketchbooks Are Essential!
• Introduction to Drawing Letters
• Letter Styles
• Drawing Alphabets
• Letters in Boxes
• Furry Words: Onomatopoeia
• Using Colour
• Song Lyric Sketchbook Designs 1
• Song Lyric Sketchbook Designs 2
• Sharing Your Sketches
• Next Steps for Your Favourite Sketchbook Works
• Your Personal Lettering Resource
• Hand-Lettering Sketchbook: Techniques to Unlock Creativity