- [Karin] Hello iPad letterers!
Welcome back to my channel.
In today's video we are going
to practice our hand lettering together.
And we are also going to do a giveaway.
Starting this month, I'm going to give away
two sets of iPad Letter Together practice sheets
to two lucky winners.
Stick around to the end of this video
to find out how you can participate.
The theme I have chosen for this months
iPad Letter Together challenge is "Summer Fun."
Let's get started
and let me show you how it works.
So, the same as last month,
I have created a list with twenty words
that we are going to practice together.
And again, you have two options
of how to participate.
The first option is to grab
that Procreate practice sheet that I have here.
It has four layers with five words each.
There is one layer for every week,
and you can first trace the words
and then there's space for you to practice it
on your own as well.
And this month, you will also get
this happy and bright color pallete.
I'm going to show you how we can make
our practice even more fun
by creating beautiful color gradients
as we write the words.
And so that practice sheet also comes
with an exclusive lettering brush
that I made specifically for this challenge.
And, as you will see shortly,
it creates the most beautiful color effects.
So the first thing you want to do,
is select two different colors.
The first color is going to be your thin up stroke,
and then the second one is creating your thick down stroke.
And then you can see the transition
between the thin up strokes and the thick down strokes,
create this most beautiful gradient.
This is also a really good way to practice
your transition between thin up strokes
and thick down strokes
because not only can you see
the pressure changing on the brush,
you can also see the color change at the same time.
And then for the next word,
let's change the colors up, of course.
And there's actually currently a bug in Procreate
so if you tap on the second swatch,
which is the one on the right,
and then close the color wheel,
it actually swaps the swatches around.
And it's one of those bugs,
I've reported this when I was a beta tester last year
and they still haven't fixed it.
So maybe it's a feature,
maybe it's not a bug.
But, anyhow, always make sure
that your first color swatch
is for your thin up strokes,
and then the second one
is for your thick down strokes.
And also make sure that when you close that color wheel,
that you've got that the first swatch selected.
Now you can see that we have
a little bit of a problem here
where that strokes end
and the next stroke starts.
It's got this really weird mark,
but that's not a problem,
we can actually fix this.
So, what we're going to do now
is select the airbrush from the smudge tool selection.
And now we can smudge this out
and create this beautiful blend.
Don't press too hard on your brush,
but ever so slightly smudge the colors into each other.
And, this is actually a lot of fun,
I spend a lot of time doing this.
But, I really enjoy this,
and this really makes a difference
to your lettering pieces.
And now you're going to change the colors again,
this time selecting purple and pink.
And you'll see also, I nearly make a bad mistake
by closing the color wheel before selecting
that first color swatch.
So we always wanna make sure
that before we close that color wheel,
that that first color swatch is selected,
because otherwise it'll swap them around
and then you won't get the effect that you're looking for.
All right, so now we are going to write "beach ball"
and look at these beautiful colors.
They really represent summer fun,
I think this yellow and orange,
it's really beautiful.
And then we are going to open up Layers panel
and turn on that prompt for week two,
and create the new layer
for your lettering practice as well.
And then choose any color combination
that you feel like using.
And then let's carry on.
And, of course in your case,
this is what you would be doing in the second week.
But I just wanna show you all the prompts
and how I write them,
so you can watch and learn and just see.
Maybe there are some tricky letter combinations
that you might struggle with
and you can see how I write them
so you can write them yourself.
So, yes, the practice sheets
and the brush are really helpful,
but you can also participate in practice
or freehand 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,
which has a Procreate canvas with guidelines.
And, yes, of course, the download link
is also in the description box of this video.
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.
You want to post that first five words this week,
and I suggest you do this on different days.
And then next week you'll share the second five words,
and so on.
I'll be on Instagram as well,
sharing my version of each prompt, of course.
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 actually how I managed
to grow my Instagram account to where it is today.
And it's all thanks to this amazing community.
And now let's get to that giveaway part as well.
The way it's going to work is that you can participate
by either post your work on Instagram
using the hashtag #ipadlettertogether,
or alternatively, if you're not on Instagram,
you can also participate by subscribing
to my channel and leaving a comment below.
And then I will pick one winner each
from Instagram and also a winner here on YouTube.
And the winners will announced
in next months iPad Letter Together video.
If you like my work, please give me a thumbs up.
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I'm also going to bloop up another video
you might find helpful.
Especially if you're struggling
with your thin and thick strokes.
Thank you so much for watching,
I'll see you in my next video.