From the course: Drawing Vector Graphics: Hand Lettering
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Image tracing hand lettering - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Drawing Vector Graphics: Hand Lettering
Image tracing hand lettering
- [Instructor] You've heard me reference image tracing in other movies and in this movie I'll walk you through the whole process of image tracing, inked hand lettering and how to optimize it to make usage easier. So, let's get started. Now, when I go to hand letter, I can't always control at what moment I'm inspired, and this goes back a few years, but a friend of mine had an art site that he put up called Sugar Frosted Goodness, and different illustrators would post on it and he wanted to brand it in a fun way and he asked me if I'd help him. So, I decided to hand letter. Well, I came up with an idea, but I wasn't in my studio when I came up with it, and I just grabbed a piece of paper that was around me. In this case, it was a yellow one. I wouldn't draw in red 'cause I'd know I couldn't use it if I did because it would read as dark if I scanned it in, but this was light enough paper, but you can see the lettering from the…
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Adding dimension to typography13m 44s
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Inlines, dropline, ligatures, and drop shadows15m 49s
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Form-fitting letterforms17m 47s
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Overlap effects17m 44s
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Image tracing hand lettering9m 51s
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Redrawing typefaces10m 59s
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Creating from inspiration19m 25s
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Process makes perfect22m 38s
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