I’ve always enjoyed hand lettering. Creating unique custom letter-forms is actually very relaxing for me. I can’t say that about a lot of my illustration work which can often be some what stressful but when it comes to sketching out and creating custom typography it’s fun.
Original and unique custom hand lettering stands out in a world driven by stale fonts. Whether you’re creating a club flyer, or a new logotype take a healthy creative risk and draw out your own letter forms.
This tutorial documents the creation of the “Fa La La La Lifetime” Christmas promotional graphic I created for the Lifetime Channel.
(Tutorial Includes Notes in both ‘English’ and ‘Español’.)
Keywords: Lettering, Branding, Lifetime
File Size: 9.4 MB
One of the oldest forms of artwork is pattern design. You’ll find it within every culture globally from Middle Eastern rugs, lattice work in Asia, to border treatments on ancient manuscripts dating back thousands of years. One could say man has always had a penchant for ornament.
Last year I launched my own creative excursion into this art form when my new book “Drip.Dot.Swirl” hit the shelves. In all I’ve designed about 200 patterns since then and I’m still fascinated and intrigued by the whole creative process behind them. They are artistically addictive to say the least.
This tutorial goes into how one can go about creating their own pattern artwork from scratch sans any plugins, or software to pull off the repeating tile pattern. Eventually software will make this process easier but if you learn how to do it manually you’ll have far more control when it gets automated later.
(Tutorial Includes Notes in both ‘English’ and ‘Español’.)
Keywords: Pattern, Repeat, Tiles, Book
File Size: 16.8 MB
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