("Summer Vibe" by Tomas Skyldeberg)
- [Karin] Hello iPad letterers, welcome back.
How about we practice our iPad lettering together?
Grab your iPad and Apple pencil and let's get started.
My name is Karin and in today's video,
I'm going to share with you my best tips and tricks
about how to improve your hand lettering skills.
To start with, I wanna tell you a little bit
about my own lettering journey, just to inspire you
and give you the confidence that you will be able
to do this as well.
Here are some of my very first
lettering pieces I've ever created.
I'm actually quite embarrassed to show you this,
but I feel it's important for you to know
that we all start somewhere, and to not give up
if your first attempts don't look quite the way
you've envisaged them in your own head.
It's called a lettering journey for a reason!
And here's some more examples where you can see
my evolution as a lettering artist.
Sometimes it's actually really nice to look back
and see how far you've come and I very much recommend
you do this every now and then as well.
So, how did I get to this point?
Well, of course, I practiced.
But, how did I practice?
And how often?
The number one key to improving your lettering
is to practice consistently.
And the key to practice consistently is to have a plan,
and also to have someone to hold you accountable.
So when I first started lettering,
I decided to join various lettering challenges on Instagram
where I had to post a lettering piece every single day.
It really forced me to practice,
because I needed to post something like everyone else did,
so I could keep up with the rest of the group,
and also because I didn't want to embarrass myself too much.
And so I thought, this is exactly
what we should do together.
Let's do a monthly challenge!
Except we are going to do it a little differently.
One of the things I found very hard previously
with these types of challenges was the daily posts.
It's very difficult to keep up with,
and I really don't think we need the extra stress
in our lives right now.
So for this challenge, we are only going to do
five words per week and then we're going
to do this for four weeks.
This is so much more achievable, and you will be able
to fit this in with your busy schedule a lot easier.
I really want this to be fun and relaxing and achievable.
All right, and then of course we will need a theme!
Since I've been a little bit, well, let's admit it,
quite a lot addicted to playing Animal Crossing recently,
and also because for most of you
it's going to be summer now,
I thought it would be really nice
to do an island vibes theme.
I've created a list with 20 words
that we will practice together,
and you have two options of how to participate.
The first option is to grab the practice sheets
that I have right here.
It has four layers with five words each, you'll see here.
There's one layer for every week,
and you can first trace the word,
and then there is space for you to practice it
on your own as well.
The practice sheet also comes with an exclusive
lettering brush that I've made specifically
for this practice sheet, and you can find the download link
in the description box of this video.
And then the second option if you don't wanna
get the practice sheet, is that you can practice
all free hand on your own, by watching this video
as many times as you need in order to write the words.
You can grab my free iPad lettering starter kit
if you'd like to.
This has a Procreate canvas with guide lines,
and yes of course, the download link
is also in the description box of this video.
And now that we have everything we need,
let's get started with our practice!
You'll see me write every single word,
and it's all real time speed, so you can get a feel
of how fast you should be going when practicing.
If in doubt, I definitely recommend
to slow down your strokes.
I also recommend that you watch the whole video first
to see a demo of how I write each word,
especially because there's some words
with tricky letter connections,
and then every week you can go back
and you can watch the section for the week again,
and practice yourself.
And now let me put on a little bit of music for you
and I'll be popping back in every now and then
to comment on my lettering and also to further explain
how the challenge works.
("Summer Vibe" by Tomas Skyldeberg)
And now you see, these are all the words
that we're going to write in the first week.
But then now, I wanna show you
what we're gonna do in the next week.
So the first thing you're gonna do is add a new layer,
so you're not overwriting your previous practice layer.
And when you turn the visibility of the layer
of the first week off, and turn the visibility
of the layer for the second week on,
and then you can keep practicing.
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And here we have all the words for the second week
and we are already on to the third week.
And you'll notice here the first word is mojito,
and one of the things I wanted to point out here
is you'll see me writing the dots on the i's and j's first.
But I very much recommend that you actually do the cross bar
for the t first, because then you'll know
how much room you have for the dot on the i and the j.
("Summer Vibe" by Tomas Skyldeberg)
("Pomelo" by Jobii)
And before I forget, the second most important part
other than practicing, is sharing your work.
Let's all support each other and post our work
either on Instagram or Facebook,
using the hashtag #ipadlettertogether.
I'll be on Instagram as well, of course,
sharing my version of each prompt.
Don't be afraid to be as creative
as you would like to be when you do this.
And then of course, let's support each other
by liking and commenting on each others posts.
This is how I managed to grow my Instagram account
to where it is today and it's all thanks
to this amazing community.
If you find that you're really struggling with this,
especially with the thick down strokes
and the thin upstrokes, I very much recommend that you watch
my iPad lettering for beginners series, where you can learn
how to get those strokes just right.
You'll see that I've made free practice sheets
for the strokes, as well as cheat sheets
for each letter so you can see exactly how to write
each letter and practice that first.
You'll find the link to the video series
in the description box of this video as well.
I really hope you liked this video.
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Thank you so much for watching
and I'll see you in my next video.
("Summer Vibe" by Tomas Skyldeberg)