Creative Calligraphy: Find Your Style with a Sketchbook
Experimental Calligraphy
A course by user8590285 surname8590285 , Lettering Artist and Type Designer
Joined September 2021
Experiment with brush strokes and lettering techniques to develop your own unique visual language
Joined September 2021
About the video: Experimental Calligraphy
Overview
“In this lesson, I will discuss how experimental calligraphy goes beyond what its name suggests: “beautiful writing”. You will begin to understand its definitions and misconceptions.”
In this video lesson user8590285 surname8590285 addresses the topic: Experimental Calligraphy, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Calligraphy: Find Your Style with a Sketchbook. Experiment with brush strokes and lettering techniques to develop your own unique visual language.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Experimental Calligraphy In this course, we'll see what experimental calligraphy is and how it strays away from classical and historical scripts. We'll try to break every rule and get creative with handwriting and letterforms. To do that, we need to understand its history and where it comes from. We will start with simple exercises using straight lines and geometric shapes, and then move to more classical scripts and styles. After that, we'll start to explore and discover what lies beyond traditional calligraphy and how we can get creative and achieve new letterforms. As we won't dive dee...”
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Course summary for: Creative Calligraphy: Find Your Style with a Sketchbook
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Calligraphy
A course by user8590285 surname8590285
João Varela is a lettering artist and type designer based in Lisbon, Portugal. His passion for letters started in his teenage years with graffiti, and he’s since dedicated himself to creating expressive lettering in different mediums and styles. João went on to study graphic design at ESAD in Caldas de Rainha, and a master’s degree in type design at Écal, but also considers himself to be largely self-taught.
He is known for his experimental approach to calligraphy that challenges the traditional methods. As well as collaborating with clients and studios, João is committed to his personal projects, including a self-published book on his creative process. He also documents his work via Instagram.
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