Hand letter the name of your city, town or neighborhood

ASSIGNMENT

For the project in this class, you will hand-letter the name of your city, hometown or neighborhood. This project will allow you to practice the basics of lettering, sketching, defining a style and layout, and most importantly, how to draw letters that belong together. By the end of the class, you will have a final inked piece, that you could use to decorate your wall, desk or scan to create a print, sticker, pin, patch, tshirt.

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DELIVERABLES

Upload your process (word options, brainstorm, ideas)
Upload a moodboard
1st Round of Sketches: Exploring layout, letterforms and variables
2nd Round of Sketches: Selected Sketch Enlarged to Size
Final Refined Sketch
Final Piece: Upload a image of the hand-lettered piece you’ve drawn

A finished piece can be:

Scan or photograph of Inked piece, black on white background
Colored in photoshop

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INSPIRATION

I've included a short list of references: Letterers, Calligraphers, Type Designers, Foundries and a few helpful Books. There's so much material out there, I encourage you to look out, find other references and if you feel inclined share them with the rest of the class!

TYPOGRAPHY & FOUNDRIES

CALLIGRAPHY

LETTERING

BOOKS

The Universal Penman | George Bickham
Mastering Copperplate Calligraphy | Eleanor Winters
Dangerous Curves | Doyald Young
Logotypes and Letterforms | Doyald Young
New Letters and Lettering | Paul Carlyle and Guy Oring | Text by Herbert S. Richland
Script Lettering for Artists | Tommy Thompson
Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age | One of my fave's by Louise Fili & Steven Heller. They have an amazing collection of books that compile tons of great references of existing lettering and signage.

Stacey Kyme

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