Learn Brush Lettering is a very inspiring course brought to you by two incredibly talented artists, Carla Hackett and Barbara Enright. The two ladies have a lot of lettering experience between them. Carla has worked on a number of client projects creating work for Tiffany & Co. and Campaign Monitor to name just a couple, she also makes up one quarter of the hand lettering group 'The Letterettes'. Barbara has worked on show card and ticket writing since the 1960's and had a successful sign … [Read more...]
Lettering Legend – Ged Palmer Interview
Ged Palmer has built up a number of lettering skills over the past twelve years throughout his hand lettering career, including calligraphy, sign painting and typography. Ged is primarily based in London and has also completed lettering works across the globe. He has worked with some significant clients including Microsoft and Philips. He has also been recognised by both the Type Directors Club and the International Society of Typographic Designers. Without a shadow of doubt he is a 'Lettering … [Read more...]
Hand Lettering Toolkit
Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn and Dustin Lee of the RetroSupply Co have collaborated to bring you an awesome hand lettering toolkit. The hand lettering toolkit comes in two different options. There's the 'Premium Pack' which includes a lot and I mean a lot of different digital brushes which you can use in an application like Adobe Photoshop, plus some other great bonuses. The second option is the 'Freebie Pack: Beginners Sketch & Ink Pack', which gives you the opportunity to try out a few of the … [Read more...]
Who Is Hand Lettering Actually For?
Hand lettering, the art of creating unique pieces of work made up of letterforms is fast growing in popularity. There are many thousands of people from all around the globe already lettering, and many more getting interested in hand lettering each day. There are classes available that are designed to take you from a complete beginner to a pro (if you put the work in) like Sean McCabe's 'Learn Lettering' series. There are also projects in the making, like the one Typism is working on that will … [Read more...]
Learn Crayligraphy with Colin Tierney
Yesterday experienced lettering artist Colin Tierney launched 'Crayligraphy', a place to learn 'Crazy Crayola Calligraphy'. Those of you that are familiar with Colin's work will already know that he's been experimenting with Crayola pens as a lettering tool for some time now, and has been getting some pretty great results within his work. What You Will Learn Over the coming weeks Colin will approach new topics helping you to learn some of the core skills required to become a … [Read more...]
