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Hand Lettering for Illustrators: Creating Greeting Cards in Procreate

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Overview

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Learn how to combine hand lettering and illustration to create your own custom greeting card! 

In this class, I'll show you my step-by-step process through the drawing app Procreate. Greeting cards are a perfect platform to showcase the fusion of lettering and illustration. They are also a simple and inexpensive way to share a joke or to show a person how much you care about them. 

Throughout the class, you’ll learn how to:

  • Gather inspiration for your lettering style
  • Brainstorm creative word play
  • Sketch out rough thumbnails
  • Construct basic letterforms and combine it in an illustrated layout
  • Ink your illustration to achieve clean lines 
  • Color your illustration using a limited color palette
  • Add texture and details to really enhance your finished piece

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Class Project
  • Terminology & Inspiration
  • Brainstorming
  • Sketching Thumbnails
  • Refining Sketches Part I
  • Refining Sketches Part II
  • Refining Sketches Part III
  • Inking
  • Adding Color
  • Texture & Details
  • Conclusion

Taught by

Jess Miller

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