Molly Suber Thorpe

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How to Illustrate Hand Lettering

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Happy Friday!

This week’s start-to-finish Procreate lettering and illustration tutorial starts with a pencil sketch and uses my Calligraphy Nib Brushes to illustrate an intricate design. Watch each and every step I make in my work, and follow along yourself!

Today is a quiet follow-along video where I’m creating a hand-lettered layout design with an illustrative border. It includes floral elements and some cute leopards, too! While this is meant for you to be able to sit back, relax, and watch, I have included written instructions overlaid on the video, so you can understand exactly what I’m doing each step of the way. The two calligraphy brushes I use in this drawing are both from my Calligraphy Nibs Procreate Brush Pack:

  • Fine Point Calligraphy Pen – Smooth

  • Monoline Calligraphy Pen

Here are some previews of the steps and techniques you can learn in today’s tutorial:



Resources

Procreate brushes used in the video:

Calligraphy & Illustration Brush:
“Fine Point Calligraphy Pen – Smooth”
“Monoline Calligraphy Pen”
from my Calligraphy Nibs Procreate Brush Pack

MORE iPad layout design VIDEOS:

Follow Along: Calligraphy Layout & Flourished Border
My Technique for Flourishing Calligraphy in Procreate
Written on Waves: Modern Calligraphy Layout
Flourished Calligraphy Circles in Procreate
French Lyrics Layout in Procreate
Flourished Calligraphy Quote in Real-Time for Procreate


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