- Another great design device to use…in combination with hand lettering is shape recognition.…This also opens up opportunities to inject…illustration into your design in a fun and clever way.…People naturally gravitate towards familiar shapes,…and shape recognition is one way to capitalize on this.…It can also improve the communication of your design…by enhancing it with theme-supporting visuals.…Let's take a look at how we can use shape recognition…with our hand lettered artwork.…
When you create hand lettered design,…one of the fun things you can do…when you're drawing out your lettered forms…is replacing specific letter forms with visuals.…They don't actually have to be letters themselves,…people will read them correctly anyway…due to shape recognition.…Meaning, there was an interesting study done…years back where they removed a bunch of letters…from a paragraph, but people could still read it.…It's kind of that same principle.…
With this design specifically, once again,…it all starts in analog, I draw it out.…
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 32s
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Exercise files26s
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1. Hand Lettering 101
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A drawn foundation3m 43s
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Helpful drawing supplies3m 57s
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Understanding lettering lingo14m 15s
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2. Drawing Letterforms
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Finessing Bezier curves8m 41s
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4. Style and Detailing Methods
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Adding dimension13m 4s
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Nesting shapes12m 3s
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Shape recognition8m 31s
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Mixing up styles11m 29s
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Texturizing hand lettering12m 11s
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Overlap FX16m
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Hand-lettering-usage examples12m 26s
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5. Inspiring Lettering Artists
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6. Type Revolution
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Challenge one: Quote1m 47s
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Solution one: Quote7m 6s
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Solution two: Nesting shapes5m 18s
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Conclusion
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Closing1m 33s
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