Hand-Lettering Workshop: Illustrating with Lettering
Offered By: Skillshare
Course Description
Overview
Join Mary Kate McDevitt as she brings lettering to life with illustration. This 35-minute class explores using concepts to drive the style of your lettering and finding inspiration in reference materials. Focused on sketching, you’ll explore 3 different approaches:
- illustrations alongside typography
- letters taking the form of objects
- subtle motifs throughout letterforms
By the end, you’ll create your own hand-lettered illustration inspired by your favorite animal. This class and project is perfect for beginners seeking a fun project as well as intermediate and advanced students looking to deep-dive into a sketching challenge.
More than 25,000 students have learned to hand letter with Mary Kate's first 3 Skillshare classes: The First Steps of Hand Lettering, The Final Steps of Hand-Lettering and Vintage Hand-Lettering: Styling Phrases for Timeless Appeal.
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Your Assignment
- Finding Inspiration
- Brainstorming
- Creating Thumbnails
- Sketching
- Final Thoughts
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Taught by
Mary Kate McDevitt
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