Digitize Your Own Calligraphy: From Logo to Letterpress
Offered By: Skillshare
Course Description
Overview
Learn with designer Belinda Love Lee as she brings you through her step by step process of experimenting with calligraphy then digitizing it to make it even more versatile and ready for letterpress! The purpose for this class is to make the computer and letterpress process a little less intimidating for ones that aren’t so familiar with their way around it. This is for anyone who's looking to step their game up in terms of calligraphy, or for the digital geeks out there, to get back in touch with their physical hand!
Syllabus
- Intro: Lets Get Started!
- Project: Brand Yourself
- The Foundation: Necessary Tools for the Trade
- The Foundations: Pen to Paper
- Let’s get digital: Photoshop the Sh*t Out of It
- Let’s get digital: Vector Time
- Prepping for Print: Pantones, Foils, and Papers
- Prepping for Print: Digital File Ready for Press
- Outro: Finishing Touches
Taught by
Belinda Love Lee
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