Very recently Lettering Tutorial got a new look and that included a new logo too. The original logo was all digitally generated, using an existing font, and basic shapes that I tweaked in Photoshop. I put the original logo together quite quickly as I was keen to focus on content for Lettering Tutorial. It's now six months down the line, and I thought it was time for a new hand lettered logo seeing as Lettering Tutorial is all about hand lettering. First Drafts The new logo began life as just a … [Read more...]
Join InkTober 2015 – 31 Days Of Ink Projects
InkTober first came under my radar last year, but at the time I was too busy working on drawing commissions to look into it properly. This year InkTober is back again, and it seems like the perfect thing to get involved with to boost those lettering skills, portfolios or both! Much of the work that gets submitted to InkTober is highly illustration based. Some of the work I've seen also incorporates lettering with illustration too. As a lettering community lets bring some amazing lettering … [Read more...]
Introducing Lettering Tutorial Book Club
There are now a number of lettering books out there in the world. There are however a few gems, and a few that stand out as helpful for those learning hand lettering, or for those wishing to further improve their skills. The aim of Lettering Tutorial Book Club is to help introduce you to new lettering books, from different categories, that can aid you on your lettering journey. Also to highlight significant features of chosen books, and to provide information on where you can get hold of them … [Read more...]
Scott Biersack Drawing Custom Lettering Class (Skillshare)
Last week hand lettering artist Scott Biersack released a Skillshare class. Scott has already featured on Lettering Tutorial once before as a 'Lettering Legend', so I was very excited to discover his class 'Drawing Custom Lettering: Concept to Final Vector and Beyond'. A while ago Scott created a few lettering tutorials for Tuts+ and those helped me a great deal on my lettering journey. When I found that he'd created a Skillshare class, I knew there would be more knowledge to gain from the … [Read more...]
Tips To Take Away – July Skillshare Hand Lettering Experience
Near the beginning of July, Skillshare announced a hand lettering challenge that would take part throughout the rest of July. The challenge consisted of completing two of hand lettering artist Mary Kate McDevitts Skillshare classes. This included finishing and sharing two lettering assignments also. I wrote about the hand lettering challenge back in July, and decided that I would have ago at participating myself. I'm still only a short way into my lettering journey, and knew that it would … [Read more...]
