Decorative Letterforms: Creating a Hand-Drawn Alphabet

Offered By: Skillshare

Course Description

Overview

Learn to create a decorative, hand-lettered alphabet by exploring the basic forms, shapes and rules of a letterform. You will follow along with lettering artist Annica Lyndenberg's lettering process, examining letterforms and their foundational basics while using that to inform your own unique alphabet. You will create a decorative alphabet poster, weaving a theme into your letterforms by applying flourishes and style to your work. Let's get lettering!

Syllabus

Trailer
Introduction
Project Introduction
Sketching Concepts
Adapting Icy Caps
Adapting Sweaty Font
Tracing, Scanning, and Digitizing
Working with Icy Caps
Working with Sweaty Letters
Working with Vintage Letters
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Taught by

Annica Lydenberg

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