There are a number of different types of paper that you can use for your hand lettering. If you're new to lettering though, you might not have had much opportunity to experiment with paper types. I've made a video highlighting three different types of paper you can use for creating your lettering on. The video explores a few things, how transparent the types of paper are, this is useful for light boxing and tracing. Whether the types of paper allow much bleed when inking outlines, and also I … [Read more...]
Creative Market On Hand Lettering For Beginners
Creative Market have recently shared an article on their blog all about hand lettering for beginners by C.S. Jones. The article gives a great simplistic guide on some of the materials used within lettering. It also talks about basic steps you can follow to start lettering. Some of the information within the article I have previously talked about on Lettering Tutorial, such as what exactly is hand lettering, and using pencils. However, there are definitely a couple of things in the article I … [Read more...]
How readable is your hand lettering?
Hand lettered words are not only supposed to look interesting, but they also need to be readable. You could spend hours making a cool piece of lettering, but if it's hard to read, then your hard work could all have been for nothing. Hard to read falls within two categories when it comes to lettering, individual letters can be hard to read, or the layout of the lettering can make a phrase or sentence hard to read. Sometimes both of these things can happen at once, making the lettering super … [Read more...]
Where and how to find great hand lettering reference
Finding good reference for your hand lettering can be just as important as using reference within your projects at all. If the reference you've collected isn't great then this will likely reflect in the work you create. Reference usually consists of images and information that is relevant to your project. Including examples of textures, layouts, lettering styles and more. You then use the reference you have collected to build a more informed creation of your own. Last week I wrote about the … [Read more...]
The Importance Of Good Lettering Reference
Gathering great lettering reference is one of the most important things you can do when creating lettering. Reference usually consists of research and material that you may have collected or put together, that's relevant to a project you are working on. Collecting good reference doesn't just apply to lettering, it's relevant to almost any area where something is being created. An architect would probably do a pretty bad job at designing a new building without gathering reference first. Many … [Read more...]
