Learn 3D Lettering "Ribbon Style"

1. Intro to 3D Lettering : Okay. Hi. My name is Karen Rose and Quiz Shager and I am a graphic designer and lettering artist based in Stockholm Sweden. In this class, we are going to work on three D lettering and specifically in that I called the ribbon effect. We're going to be working on writing the actual word and to make it look like a three D banner with these different folds everywhere. Then we're going to do the highlights and then the low lights and the shadows. Then finally, we're putting in this drop shadow that makes the word appear like it's floating a little bit. Okay. Okay. 2. 3D Lettering Sketching!: I am going to write the word love. I'm going to sketch it out first. And then I'm going to think ribbon style. Ribbon is thicker. But then I want it to be equally as thick over the entire drawing. Then here in the fold, I have to think what it's going to look like. I'm loosely sketching this out and then I'm going to go in later and fix it. But I want it to be equally as thre these are tricky, these turns. I'm thinking, it's going to turn over and then to decide, is this piece going over this or under it? I'm going to make it go under it. I'm going to era the lines here. Then this is coming out underneath and then it's actually going over these. Okay. Here's another pretty tricky turn. I'm just going in my head, imagine what it's going to look like. If an equally wide ribbon comes in here and then makes a turn. Again, I am just loosely sketching this out so we can go in and paint it in a little bit. Here again, there's going to be another turn. This one, I'm going to actually, I'm going to make a loop. Then I'm going to finish it off with this ribbon ending. Again, loosely sketching this out, so I can go in and erase what I don't like or anything I want to change. And then, of course, this low guy. L. So now that I have my sketch down, I'm going to go in and mark where the shadow is going to be on this. Here you can either just mark it for now and then remove it when you start painting or you can leave it in. I tend to leave it in because I don't really think it matters, but obviously your choice. Here, we have to think, all the shadows are going to be in these folds. Here's a shadow. In these overlaps, they're going to be a little bit of shadow. Here's a fold. Here's a big fold. I already has a little bit of three D appearance when you just add these simple shadows. Here, I don't like this area at all. I think that's way too messy. I'm going to go in and then I'm actually going to change so this piece goes on top. And then I'm going to have it turned this way. I think that reads a better. Much better. 3. 3D Lettering coloring & details!: So now for the painting, I am using some watercolors that are way over 30 years old that my mom gave me when I first went to art school. You can use any medium that you like. I am also using a round pencil, number four. But again, whatever you think fits your painting better. Okay. My ribbon is going to be red. I am going to start off with just like a lighter orange just to get a lighter highlight tone. This is going to be my base, and then I'm just going to build up layer after layer to make it red and to have the darker areas where the shadow is. Okay. Once this has dried, I am just going to start adding on these layers of darker paint. I want this to be a red ribbon. But I can leave some of the areas a little bit lighter because there's also a lot of highlights going on here on this ribbon. But we are also in the very end going to add on a highlight with the marker. But for now, we're just going to paint this ribbon. Red. So now that I have the red down on my ribbon, I'm going to go in with a slightly darker red, and I'm going to work on these shadows even more. This is already looking really good. But I want it to be even more drastic difference between the light and the dark. I'm going to go in and mix a purple with a brown to get a really deep color in these cases. And you will see because this will really change the way it appears. Okay. Now it has quite the dramatic turns, which I really like. Now I'm going to let this dry and then I'm going to go over with a marker. Whatever marker you have, I have just a regular calligraphy pen here. I am going to create an outline around the entire word and then to make sure that I follow how the ribbon is supposed to go. Here I know this piece is on top of this piece. This is why it's important to still have your pencil sketch underneath in case there's a confusion. I'm just going to go and create an outline around here, and then while I'm at it, if I want to, I can also make these a little bit darker. Now, I think we have a pretty good three D effect here with the letters. So we're going to add the shadow that goes behind it. So I want this word to be a little bit floating because it's a ribbon. I want it to look like it's flying in the air, creating this word love. So my shadow is not going to just mimic the word. It's going to be loosely on the ground here. I'll show you what I mean. Now, obviously, the shadow goes behind here, so I'm going to erase everything that's on top of the word. But it's always easier to just write it out and then go in. I'm not quite happy with the. I'm going to move that. Okay. Much better. Now I'm going to make this a light gray, so it's just subtly in the background. I'm going to not just take a gray. I'm also going to mix my sepia with purple to create the interesting shadow than just a gray. Just a little bit of purple. That's too much. There you go. Now that it's completely dry, I'm going to go in with my era and remove the pencil from the shadow area. The last step is to go in with a white marker to make a high light. If you don't have a white marker, you can use any white acrylic paint or oil paint or anything like that. I'm using this marker that I have line around, and I'm basically just going in where I know all the highlights are going to hit, which is where the shadows are not. I'm just going to go in and some simple white lines. Okay. Okay. We are now done with our ribbon three D lettering. I really hope you enjoy this class. If you have any questions or if you want feedback, upload your projects and I'll be happy to answer your questions and give you feedback. Thank you. We are going to be working on writing the actual word and to make it look like a three D banner with these different folds everywhere. Then we're going to do the highlights and then the low lights and the shadows. Then finally, we're putting in this drop shadow that makes the word appear like it's floating a bit. We are going to be working on writing the actual word and to make it look like a three D banner with these different folds everywhere. Then we're going to do the highlights and then the low lights and the shadows. Then finally, we're putting in this drop shadow that makes the word appear like it's floating a little bit. We are going to be working on writing the actual word and to make it look like a three D banner with these different folds everywhere. Then we're going to do the highlights and then the low lights and the shadows. Then finally, we're putting in this drop shadow that makes the word appear like it's floating a little bit. Okay.