About this item
In Digital Hand Lettering and Modern Calligraphy, Shelly Kim - popular Instagram lettering artist and workshop instructor @lettersbyshells - offers lettering enthusiasts at all levels of experience a step-by-step course that shows how to develop and adapt traditional lettering skills and techniques to a variety of digital platforms. Lettering Essentials. The basics of lettering and modern calligraphy, along with guidance for embellishing and designing quotes.Digitizing Your Lettering. Options for scanning, photographing, and creating a digital lettering file.Lettering on a Tablet. A hands-on guide to working on the iPad with the Apple Pencil and the Procreate app, from an overview of common functions and how to create a simple lettering brush to making shapes and patterns, choosing colors, creating gradients, glitter, and foil effects, and combining Procreate and Adobe Sketch.Projects & Inspiration: DIY projects that show you how to achieve with digital lettering what you can't with traditional techniques, plus stunning gallery pieces from Karin Newport of @ipadlettering and Myriam of @halfapx. Digital Hand Lettering and Modern Calligraphy will guide you to the future of lettering!
About the Author
Shelly Kim, creator of the Instagram lettering account @lettersbyshells, is a self-taught modern brush calligrapher who hosts in-person workshops throughout the U.S. on digital lettering, brush lettering, and watercolor lettering. She also offers entertaining and inspiring tutorials on YouTube and Facebook (both accounts: Letters By Shells) and is the author of two step-by-step technique card gift sets, Learn to Create Modern Calligraphy Lettering and Learn to Create Art Deco Lettering (both published by Rock Point, 2017) . Shelly has also collaborated with a wide range of creative companies, including Apple, at their Today at Apple event, where she shared her artwork and story; Adobe Students, for their Spark Stories Sweepstakes; and with such crafts manufacturers as Tombow, Ranger Ink, and Prima Marketing. Shelly and her work have been featured on CBS News, Art Insider, and MOO.com. She lives in southern California.Shelly's purpose of wanting to start Modern Brush Lettering was because she wanted to hand letter quotes about love, positivity, & self-love on social media. Her motto in life is to motivate and uplift one another. Shelly is grateful that she is able to incorporate her motto into her lettering. Shelly's love for positivity was one of the main reasons why she created Letters By Shells. Shelly is thankful to be a part of this amazing lettering community & meet such wonderful people along the way!
