This is my first attempt at putting together an informational video. I am totally stoked. Since I am always going on and on about the importance of process I decided to kick off my video making hobby showing this viking script lettering process. This video gives a glimpse of how things flow once I bring in a well-refined lettering sketch into Adobe Illustrator to bring it to vector life. Mastering the flow of curves in Illustrator can be a challenge. My goal is to give others a look at how I tame the bézier beast and help viewers get a feel for the power of the pen tool.
I hope you enjoy. Please share if you like! As always I am open to feedback so comments are welcome.
Very cool! Always enjoy watching other creative processes.
Hey great video! It will be more interesting if you add some background music though.
Thanks for the feedback Derek. I actually played with that a bit but I couldn’t quite get it right yet to where it wasn’t conflicting with my narrating. I will keep that in mind for future videos though. I’m new at making videos so feedback is good!
Amazing! I’m assuming your purpose for segmenting individual letters is for control. Is that true? (I’ve never thought about breaking letters down into parts like you did here.)
Yes sir. There is a lot more freedom to made adjustments to individual parts or changes if needed.
I usually break down each letter into 1-2 parts. I think I’ll try your technique next time. Do you also use the Width tool? Thanks for sharing!