Skillshare – Techniques for Lettering with Illustrator | 605MB
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Are you ready to take your lettering skills to the next level?
Spencer Charles senior designer at New York-based graphic design firm Louise Fili Ltd will walk you through a series of techniques in Adobe Illustrator to create unique letterforms.
From workspace tips to embellishment techniques learn to create stunning work using a program you already love.
Each student will chose a word to illustrate in a variety of styles each time learning a different technique in Adobe Illustrator.
Illustrator is as diverse as your creative vision. Expand your skills while creating fantastic work.

What Youll Learn
In this class youll learn a variety of techniques for using Adobe Illustrator for lettering. Well walk through tips tricks and best practices to help you create your work.
Research. Well take a look at some historical examples and examine how common letterforms are made.
Workspace Best Practices. Well go through best ways to use grids layers and the infamous pen tool.
Script and Uppercase Alphabet Styles. Well take a look at how you construct lowercase and uppercase letters and see how you can achieve certain styles in Illustrator.
Effects and Embellishment. Well elevate your work to the next level creating inline outlines drop shadows and more.
Monograms. Well wrap up the class by creating monograms demonstrating how to weave and interlock letterforms.

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