Hand Lettering Tutorial for Beginners

Learn to design custom lettering in Adobe Illustrator with graphic designer Mark Richardson in this 21-minute tutorial. Explore the concept and composition phases, create guidelines, develop basic letter forms, and master spacing techniques. Progress through rough sketches to refinement and vectoring, gaining essential skills for hand lettering as a beginner.

Intro
Concept Phase
Composition Phase
Guidelines
Vertical Guidelines
Basic Letter Forms
Spacing
Rotate
Duplicate
Visual spacing
Rough sketches
Refinement
Vectoring
Outro