Dive into a comprehensive tutorial on digital lettering and animation with lettering artist Belinda Kou. Learn to create custom food-themed quotes and animate them in Adobe Fresco. Explore techniques for sketching, composition, vector brushes, and color blocking. Gain insights on improving hand lettering skills, developing personal projects, and adapting to social media trends. Master the use of pixel brushes for texturing, contrast checking, and refining letterforms. Discover tips for font creation and video content production while following along with the creation of a pizza-themed design.
Overview
Syllabus
Start
Pizza topping list for thumbnail
Thumbnail for “In Pizza we Crust”
Soup braindump - list of soup options
Thumbnail for “Good Soup”
Straw Poll vote for Pizza or Soup
Working with the Pizza quote composition - using guides
Sketching the lettering and
Belinda Discuss her favorite pizza type
Vector brushes - how to download extra brushes
Creating a strategy for centering/placement of lettering
Belinda’s lettering journey - shifting to food related projects
Stepping back and looking at refining the sketch
Filling in the lettering to check on compositional balance
Tips to improve your hand lettering
Belinda’s Hungrily Ever After - finding personal projects
Checking the sketch for any adjustments
Tips for creating fonts - practice tracing over fonts
Refining the lettering - color blocking
Outlining the letters - keeping the letters “crusty”
Staying active and changing with social media trends
Tips for making video content
Adding details around the type
Working with pixel brushes for texture use
Checking contrast in Fresco
Recap of the process so far
Using the Pencil brush and Kyle’s Amazing Cartoon Nib
A look ahead to part 2 with Belinda Kou
Taught by
Adobe Creative Cloud
