#lettering process

I just want to share to you guys the process on how I did this blog header. 

1. Lettering on paper / Scanning

I haven’t been lettering since October and honestly, it feels weird to start lettering after months of not practicing. My hands won’t cooperate and I felt like a beginner once again. It took me a while to wrap things up via paper because well, I’m back to square one. But anyway, below are the studies I did. 

2. Digitizing 

I settled for Set 2 lettering and immediately scanned the paper so I can digitize it via Illustrator. I wanted the letters to be “authentic” as possible so I didn’t edit it much on AI. 

3. Layouting

This is the 2nd hardest part because I couldn’t settle on what elements to put because I have a lot if ideas! Sometimes, having too much ideas are also bad.

I have multiple ideas but I settled with two design studies for her to choose. After several mix and matching and trial and errors, I arrived with the final design. 

I’m so glad that my friend liked it! <3 

So if you guys liked this header too, don’t forget to hit that heart button and proceed to her blog site and follow. :) 

New hand lettering process video.