Learn the foundations of how designers create new letterforms!

Learning how to create custom lettering is valuable for any designer. Geometric letterforms, in particular, are great for developing your visual style and technical skills because they give you some framework to work within, while still offering plenty of possibilities. In this hour-long class—recorded using Zoom and featuring participation from the Skillshare community—designer Evgeniya Righini-Brand shares everything you need to know about working with this letterform style she loves.

To start, you’ll learn about the process of studying the structure of your letterform and finding stylistic inspiration to influence the final design. Then you’ll learn about the value of construction grids and how to use them to start playing around with different shapes and forms. Finally, you’ll watch as Evgeniya builds her letterform in Illustrator and quickly experiments with a lot of different variations. Along the way, students who participated in the live session were able to ask questions, giving you even more insight into Evgeniya’s design process.

Great for students with a basic understanding of design and Adobe Illustrator, this class well help you dive into the world of geometric techniques! By the end of class, you should have some ideas for your own custom letterforms and the tools you need to continue developing them.