A "font" of information on lettering styles! The Art of Whimsical Lettering is an artful instruction book on creating stylized fonts and expressive artwork with personal handwriting skills. Author Joanne Sharpe shows you how to create exuberant and personalized writing styles for your artworkâ€"whether it be a journal, canvas art, or other projects that use text. After an overview of Joanne's favorite tools and surfaces, take a peek into Joanne's personal lettering journal to discover how you too can collect inspiration, hone your lettering skills, and tap into your natural creativity. Joanne then demonstrates twenty art techniques for creating a variety of lettering styles using many different tools. She provides you with fifteen basic alphabets, ranging from simple pen-and-ink renditions to increasingly elaborated texts that reference calligraphy, vintage fonts, and doodle art, among other styles. Joanne also teaches you how to turn prosaic lettering into page art itself, merging text into illustration, or ornamenting words with decorative drawings.
The Art of Whimsical Lettering
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Author: Sharpe, Joanne
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 499991629008
Details:
Author: Sharpe, Joanne
Brand: Interweave
Color: Multicolor
Edition: Illustrated
Features:
- INTERWEAVE PRESS-The Art Of Whimsical Lettering
- An artful instruction book about creating stylized fonts and expressive artwork using your personal handwriting skills
- Joanne Sharpe shows you how to create exuberant and personalized writing styles for your artwork- whether it be a journal, canvas art or other projects that use text
- This book contains six chapters of everything you need to know for whimsical lettering
- Author: Joanne Sharpe
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 136
Release Date: 20-03-2014
model number: 162900
Part Number: IP-62033
Package Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.6 x 0.4 inches Languages: English
EAN: 8601418264514
