Illustrated Lettering with Manual and Digital Techniques
Working with layers
A course by user1803823 surname1803823 , Graphic Designer and Visual Artist
Joined December 2019
Compose a creative image from start to finish by exploring color, texture, and lighting
Joined December 2019
About the video: Working with layers
Overview
“Here I will explain how to move the miniature sketch to a larger scale and, using the technique of manual layered drawing, I will begin to redraw and better define the art of my project.”
In this video lesson user1803823 surname1803823 addresses the topic: Working with layers, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Lettering with Manual and Digital Techniques. Compose a creative image from start to finish by exploring color, texture, and lighting.
Partial transcription of the video
“working with layers In this class, I will continue on paper. I will teach you how to enlarge my sketch and work with the layering technique to add more and more detail to the composition. The layering technique is to divide the construction of the composition into stages. For this, I use tracing paper or waxed paper. In my case, I will prefer the waxed paper. Another widely used option is the light table. The main advantage of the layer technique is that you can work from the macro, that is, from the most general of the composition, to the micro. And in case you tried something during the w...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Lettering with Manual and Digital Techniques
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography, Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Digital Lettering, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Traditional illustration
A course by user1803823 surname1803823
Lygia Pires is a graphic designer with a qualification in fashion design from the Faculdade Santa Marcelina, graphic design and motion graphics from the Panamericana School of Art and Design, and drawing and illustration from the Quanta Academy of Arts. She is currently a freelancer and works out of her own studio producing calligraphy, lettering, illustration, and design pieces for big national and international names like Louis Vuitton, Mont Blanc, Budweiser, and Puma, to name just a few.
She also teaches calligraphy and lettering courses across Brazil as well as online since 2015. Her work has been published in the Australian book Typism in editions 5, 6, and 7. In 2020, she received the Communication Arts Typography Award of Excellence and the Type Directors Club New York (TDC 66) Certificate of Typographic Excellence.
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