Characters with Character
A course by Marta Cerdà Alimbau , Graphic designer
Digital tips and tricks for drawing capital letters
Digital tips and tricks for drawing capital letters
If you draw letters by hand you are not very good at it, do not worry, with the help of Marta Cerdà you will learn to draw perfect curves without getting a finger stained.
In this course you will design a wide variety of letter styles while exploring the boundaries between illustration and typography in a simple and methodological way. How? Through different techniques and digital tricks that will serve to give free rein to your most creative side.
In the end you will be able to create your own capitular or initial letter, basis of any word and starting point to make more complex letterings.
What will you learn in this online course?
12 lessons & 6 downloads
- 96% positive reviews (105)
- 1,228 students
- 12 lessons (1h 26m)
- 6 additional resources (2 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software for this course
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe PhotoshopWhat is this course's project?
Once you have learned the tools, you will design your own caption for a wine label. Marta will provide a template for Photoshop with which you can easily enter your label on the image of the bottle and give the final touch.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
To all those graphic designers who have an interest in letters and illustration and who want to start in this world. Also for those students who are already familiar with digital lettering and who want to explore and expand their set of tricks and tools.
Requirements and materials
For this course you will need a computer with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
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A course by Marta Cerdà Alimbau
Marta Cerdà (Barcelona 1980) entered the world of design after passing through the career of Psychology. Halfway through the studies he realized that his true vocation was not there and that was when he decided to study graphic design in Elisava, Barcelona.
When, at the end of 2008, he won the ADC Young Guns, he decided to start his own studio. Since then he has worked for artistic, cultural and advertising projects, combining tasks of art direction, customized typography, illustration and graphic design at an international level.
He has collaborated with brands such as Ray Ban, Coca Cola or Nike, singers and bands like Manel, Dave Matthews Band or MF Doom, with important publishers and magazines such as Penguin Books, The Guardian or Businessweek Magazine and several of the most prominent advertising agencies from Spain, England or the United States.
He currently resides between Los Angeles and Barcelona, and travels giving lectures in various centers such as the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum in New York, the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, or the Hirshhorn Museum of Contemporary Art in Washington, among others.
Content
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U1
Tipas and types
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Welcome to the class!
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Books that can help you
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U2
Good practice manual
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Prepare the document
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The pen and geometric shapes
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The modules
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U3
Capitulars
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Capitulars: alphabet
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Capitulars: styles
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U4
Effects
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Vector volume effects I
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Effects of vector volume II
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U5
Wine label
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Ideas and Moodboard
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Proposals
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The final image: the photomontage
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FP
Final project
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Characters with character
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
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Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
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Horrible, no me ha gustado nada ni me sirve para nada, una pérdida de tiempo total monumental, me ha decepcionado totalmente, no recomiendo el curso a nadie nunca.
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