Christmas is getting pretty close now so I just wanted to wish you happy holidays & a happy new year through the art of lettering and animation! Everything in the animation was created by me except for the music, I only have limited skills at playing the guitar and piano! I created the background in photoshop, I drew out the lettering in pencil, and imported it into some animation software. Next I traced all of the paths for each letter placing points, then individually animated each … [Read more...]
Hand Lettering A Gift For The Holiday
It's time to bring you the last of three special holiday tutorials, this time focusing on hand lettering a quote or phrase that you can frame and give away as a gift. If you missed the previous two tutorials you can learn how to create hand lettered Christmas cards with Emma Holmes, and how to make gift tags more interesting using calligraphy, with Belinda Love Lee. You can also find another great tutorial directly on Belinda's blog, showing you how to create your own DIY wrapping paper which … [Read more...]
Seasonal Gift Tags In Four Steps With Belinda Love Lee
Brush artist and calligrapher Belinda Love Lee has kindly created an exclusive seasonal tutorial for us. Belinda shows how to create some personal gift tags that can provide family members and friends with extra sentiment this holiday season. Belinda's tutorial is the second of three holiday articles that will feature on Lettering Tutorial this December. If you missed the first feature, Emma Holmes talks you through her process for creating hand lettered Christmas cards. I'll hand things over … [Read more...]
Creating Festive Hand Lettered Cards With Emma Holmes
I'm joined by one of Lettering Tutorials 'Lettering Legends' Emma Holmes for the first part of a festive feature series over the holiday season. Emma mostly specialises in brush lettering and has created some really unique Christmas pieces of work in the past. I've invited Emma onto Lettering Tutorial to share the process that she used to make some awesome reindeer Christmas cards. Emma's provided easy steps so that you can follow along too, and have a try at making you're own hand lettered … [Read more...]
