How to Draw Fantastic Letters by Hand in 4 Simple Steps

We’re teaming up with Skillshare to bring you some fantastic premium design tutorials. In this post, you’ll see an excerpt from Mary Kate McDevitt’s Skillshare class on hand lettering. Mary will walk you through four simple steps to creating beautifully complex letters. They’re so easy, you’ll be sketching great letters in no time.

Mary finishes up the rest of the video by discussing how to know where to put the thicks/thins for more dynamic letters. I always get this confused and this video helped me a ton!

This is just a small sample of Mary’s awesome full course on lettering. Head over to Skillshare to view the other videos.

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How to Draw Fantastic Letters by Hand in 4 Simple Steps

Learn To Draw Like Disney With These Awesome Free Videos

There have been lots of animation legends over the years, but the creations designed by Walt Disney and his company stand the test of time. Have you ever wondered how they do the magic that they do? Now you can find out yourself.

Alan Becker is an animator himself, and being inspired by the legendary Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, he decided to put together a series of videos that show the 12 principles of animation. It’s a how-to guide showing you (quite literally) how to create the magic that Johnston and Thomas did for years with Disney, and it’s awesome.

We’ve included the first few videos here, but feel free to check out Becker’s YouTube playlist for the rest.

Squash & Stretch

Staging

Solid Drawing

via Design Taxi

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Kevin Whipps is a writer and editor based in Phoenix, Arizona. When he’s not working on one of the many projects in his queue, he’s looking for fun and irreverent things online to share with his friends.
Learn To Draw Like Disney With These Awesome Free Videos