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Playful Typography for Powerful Communication in Illustrator

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Overview

Learn the basics of typography to create memorable compositions that harness the power of words
  • Introduction
  • Prepping, Playing and Learning the Basics
  • Starting Your Playful Poster
  • Getting Your Poster Into the World
  • Final project
Creative typography allows you to take some of life’s challenges and turn them into messages of hope, action, and positivity. Graphic designer and typography artist Dani Molyneux is passionate about words and the beauty of expressing them. She has worked for leading creative agencies across the UK and is the founder of her own studio, Dotto.

In this course, she teaches you how to design your own bold, colorful, and playful typography. Create a poster featuring a message that means something to you using your own type with Dani as your guide. Explore typography and create artwork that speaks!

Syllabus

  • About Me
  • Influences
  • How Type Creates Mood
  • Message and Composition
  • Setting up Your Illustrator Workspace
  • How to Create a Type 1
  • How to Create a Type 2
  • Choosing Colour
  • Basic Composition on Illustrator
  • Crafting the Letters
  • Add Colour
  • Tweaking and Finalising Your Poster
  • Printing Techniques: Digital
  • Setting Up For A Risograph Print
  • More than Posters
  • Playful Typography for Powerful Communication in Illustrator

Taught by

Dani Molyneux

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