Lettering Studio: The Complete Essentials

Hand lettering, from sketch to Photoshop and beyond

This course is quite literally everything I've learnt about hand lettering. I've poured all my experience as a designer, illustrator, and lettering artist into this, and absolutely know you'll come out of it with the same passion and love for creating that I feel every time I put brush pen to paper.

It's a HUGE 16 module video course covering not just one lettering style, but exploring four, including warmups, tools, exercises, theory, and reconstructing real-world examples for each style.

My aim here is to create practical, actionable lessons from the very first introduction of materials right up to working with your new lettering pieces in Photoshop, Illustrator, and on iPad Pro.

This course will take you from complete beginner to effortlessly creating incredible lettering art in multiple styles, both digital and hand-made.

You will learn:

• The theory behind how letters are structured
  
• The tools of the trade; what to use for what style
  
• The basic strokes, exercises, worksheets, and best practice words
  
• A little bit of typographic theory
  
• The alphabet as done with brush pens, paint pens, micron pens, and on an iPad Pro
  
• How to move from the alphabet to working with full words
  
• The easy way to use Photoshop and Illustrator
  
• 8 class projects, taking you step-by-step from initial sketches to finished piece
  
• A guide to continued learning, well beyond this course
  
• ...and much more!
  

Full curriculum:

Getting Started

• Welcome & Overview
  
• The Anatomy of Letters
• How To Practice
• General Hand Lettering Theory

Tools of the Trade

• The Brush Pen - Overview, Brands, and Real World Examples
• Microns - Overview, Brands, and Real World Examples
• Paint Pens - Overview, Brands, and Real World Examples
• iPad Pro and Apple Pencil - Overview, Brands, and Real World Examples

The Basics - Part 1

• Brush Pen – First Steps (5:20)
  
• Practice Exercises for Brush Pen Lettering (8:37)
  
• Paint Pens - First Steps (6:35)
  
• Practice Exercises for Paint Pen/Monoline Lettering (7:21)
  
• Microns – First Steps (6:39)
  
• Practice Exercises for Micron Lettering (5:28)
  
• iPad Pro and Apple Pencil – First Steps (7:24)
  
• Practice Exercises for iPad Pro and Apple Pencil (7:22)
  

The Basics - Part 2

• The Brush Pen Alphabet + Letter Variations (8:32)
  
• The Brush Pen Alphabet Worksheet
  
• Practice Words for Brush Pen Lettering (4:39)
  
• The Paint Pen/Monoline Alphabet + Letter Variations (3:46)
  
• The Paint Pen/Monoline Alphabet Worksheet
  
• Practice Words for Paint Pen/Monoline Lettering (4:15)
  
• The Micron Alphabet + Letter Variations (17:42)
  
• The Micron Alphabet Worksheet
  

Typographic Theory

• Composition & Layout (5:33)
  
• Spacing & Tracking (2:07)
  
• Kerning (1:27)
  

Adobe Photoshop CC

• Simplifying Photoshop For Lettering Artists (9:50)
  
• Layers, The Foundation of Photoshop (7:14)
  
• Digitising Hand Lettering In Photoshop Pt 1 (10:12)
  
• Digitising Hand Lettering In Photoshop Pt 2 (8:54)
  

Adobe Illustrator CC

• Introduction to Vector Graphics (5:28)
  
• The Pen Tool (9:28)
  
• Digitising Hand Lettering In Illustrator Pt 1 (25:37)
  
• Digitising Hand Lettering In Illustrator Pt 2 (3:51)
  

Brush Lettering Project #1

• Rough Sketches (3:20)
  
• Bringing In The Brush Pens (2:58)
  
• Editing In Photoshop Part 1 (6:20)
  
• Editing In Photoshop Part 2 (13:07)
  

Brush Lettering Project #2

• Rough Sketches (3:29)
  
• Working With Illustrations (3:46)
  
• Bringing In The Brush Pen (5:29)
  
• Digitising In Illustrator Part 1 (12:48)
  
• Digitising In Illustrator Part 2 (12:48)
  

Paint Pen Lettering Project #1

• Rough Sketches (2:21)
  
• The Paint Pen (3:11)
  
• Photographing (1:30)
  
• Digitising In Photoshop (5:38)
  
• Shadows And Shading (12:28)
  

Paint Pen Lettering Project #2

• Working Within A Shape (5:40)
  
• Composition And Balance (2:34)
  
• The Foil Sketch (4:19)
  
• The Paint Pen (6:25)
  
• Editing Tips (2:52)
  

Micron Lettering Project #1

• Rough Sketches (3:30)
  
• Refining The Layout (3:46)
  
• Tracing And Final Layout (2:25)
  
• Inking And Outlining With Microns (4:12)
  
• Finalising The Piece (2:28)
  

Micron Lettering Project #2

• Rough Sketches (3:24)
  
• Refining The Sketch (3:27)
  
• Tracing And Final Layout (2:42)
  
• Working With Different Weights (2:54)
  

iPad Pro Project #1

• Sketching Concepts And Layout On iPad Pro (5:30)
  
• Using Layers To Clean Your Digital Sketch (4:47)
  
• Using Digital Lettering Brushes (3:48)
  
• Erasing and 3D (4:20)
  
• Finalising The Piece (4:09)
  

iPad Pro Project #2

• Sketching On iPad Pro (3:59)
  
• Using Layers To Clean Your Digital Sketch (2:39)
  
• Transferring Your Sketch Between Apps (4:29)
  
• Vectors And The Pen Tool On iPad Pro (6:19)
  
• Finishing Your iPad Pro Vector Artwork‘ (4:51)
  

Final Thoughts

• Even More iPad Lettering Apps (6:47)
  
• Moving Lettering Between Illustrator and Photoshop (4:05)
  
• Preparing Your Images For The Web (2:26)
  
• The Secret To Endless Inspiration (4:35)
  
• Continue Learning (0:38)