Hand Lettering for Illustrators: Creating Greeting Cards in Procreate

Learn how to combine hand lettering and illustration to create your own custom greeting card! 

In this class, I'll show you my step-by-step process through the drawing app Procreate. Greeting cards are a perfect platform to showcase the fusion of lettering and illustration. They are also a simple and inexpensive way to share a joke or to show a person how much you care about them. 

Throughout the class, you’ll learn how to:

• Gather inspiration for your lettering style
• Brainstorm creative word play
• Sketch out rough thumbnails
• Construct basic letterforms and combine it in an illustrated layout
• Ink your illustration to achieve clean lines 
• Color your illustration using a limited color palette
• Add texture and details to really enhance your finished piece

• Introduction
• Class Project
• Terminology & Inspiration
• Brainstorming
• Sketching Thumbnails
• Refining Sketches Part I
• Refining Sketches Part II
• Refining Sketches Part III
• Inking
• Adding Color
• Texture & Details
• Conclusion