Digital Hand Lettering And Modern Calligraphy: Essential Techniques Plus Step-By-Step Tutorials For Scanning, Editing, And Creating On A Tablet

Digital Hand Lettering And Modern Calligraphy: Essential Techniques Plus Step-By-Step Tutorials For Scanning, Editing, And Creating On A Tablet

Lettering enthusiasts of all levels will love learning easy ways to develop and adapt hand lettering skills and techniques to a variety of digital platforms in Digital Hand Lettering and Modern Calligraphy. Popular Instagram lettering artist and workshop instructorShelly Kim (@lettersbyshells) offers lettering enthusiasts at all levelsstep-by-step instruction, along with ample photos and lettering examples. Start withlettering essentials that show how tocreate different styles of brush lettering with the right tools, how toconnect letters to form words, formflourishes, and more. Then turn that unique calligraphy into lettering that you can use over and over again, just bydigitizing it. Discover several options for creatingdigital lettering, each one clearly outlined and explained. Become familiar with tools and techniques that make the process fast and enjoyable. See how far you can take your digital lettering withfun projects for creating cards, name tags, adding foiling and more. In this book you?ll learn how to:Produce loose, bouncy lettering that adds style to any projectDesign meaningful quotes by learning a quick trick for great compositionsCreate digital files that give you numerous options for adding color and changing the shapes and sizes of lettersMake a custom digital lettering brush that you can use for unique calligraphyLetter on a tablet and learn the basics of Procreate and Apple PencilUse your lettering for great projects that incorporate digital and hands-on techniquesGet inspiration from stunning gallery pieces by Karin Newport of @ipadlettering and Myriam of @halfapx ?igital Hand Lettering and Modern Calligraphy will guide you to the future of lettering! ?bout the AuthorShelly Kim, creator of the popular Instagram lettering account @lettersbyshells, is a?elf-taught modern brush calligrapher who hosts in-person workshops throughout the U.S. on digital lettering, brush lettering, and watercolor lettering. She also offers entertaining and inspiring tutorials on YouTube and Facebook (both accounts: Letters By Shells) and is the author of two step-by-step technique card gift sets,?earn to Create Modern Calligraphy Lettering?nd?earn to Create Art Deco Lettering?both published by Rock Point, 2017). Shelly has also collaborated with a wide range of creative companies, including Apple, at?heir Today Apple event, where she shared her artwork and story; Adobe Student, for their Spark Stories Sweepstakes; and with such crafts manufacturers as Tombow, Ranger Ink, and Prima Marketing. Shelly and?er work have been featured on CBS News, Art Insider, and . She lives in southern California.