I am a admirer of Nick Misani's work (that I follow on social media) so needless to say that as soon as I saw he was teaching a class on Skillshare, I immediately saved it.

Thank you Nick for sharing your passion !

I really enjoyed watching your process and the sheets you made to guide us were very helpuful.

I grew up in Paris and always loved the Art Deco style. I no longer live there so for the reference images, I looked on the Internet and Pinterest to find some motifs:

the palm tree/gingko leaf pattern that I like a lot. I was inspired by a contemporary, geometric and simplified interpretation of this iconic pattern (5th image - motif on doors).
the geometric shapes and lines found on vintage dresses and Art Deco stained glasses

Amour - Art Deco lettering - image 1 - student project

The hardest part was unsurprisingly the lettering practice.

Amour - Art Deco lettering - image 2 - student project

On Illustrator, I used mainly geometric shapes to build the letters and the pathfinder tool. The easiest way to have a consistent weight for the letter was to use the same outline for each letter.

Amour - Art Deco lettering - image 3 - student project

The color palette is based on this beautiful Art Deco inspired bathroom décor. I simply love the predominance of this dark green and the small touches of gold.

Amour - Art Deco lettering - image 4 - student project

This is the flat version of my postcard made on Illustrator

Amour - Art Deco lettering - image 5 - student project

Flat colored version

Amour - Art Deco lettering - image 6 - student project

With some texture and the magical “dissolve mode” that I knew but never used before (didn't know how)!

Amour - Art Deco lettering - image 7 - student project

Then I decided to have some fun with the color palettes:

Turquoise version that I really like

Amour - Art Deco lettering - image 8 - student project

Joyful color palette inspired by a fabric

Amour - Art Deco lettering - image 9 - student project

A red version because AMOUR = LOVE in English

Amour - Art Deco lettering - image 10 - student project

With the colors from the French flag

Amour - Art Deco lettering - image 11 - student project

My main concern is: does it look Art Deco-ey enough?

Any suggestions and tips to improve my work will be greatly appreciated!

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