Video: Viking Lettering process
My friends, 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 career” 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.
As of now (6) people have had something to say...
Russell -
May 6, 2013 at 4:59 pm
Very cool! Always enjoy watching other creative processes.
derek -
May 7, 2013 at 9:43 am
Hey great video! It will be more interesting if you add some background music though.
Lindsey -
May 7, 2013 at 1:34 pm
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!
Robert Lane -
May 7, 2013 at 2:39 pm
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.)
Lindsey -
May 7, 2013 at 5:43 pm
Yes sir. There is a lot more freedom to made adjustments to individual parts or changes if needed.
Daniel -
August 10, 2013 at 1:54 pm
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!