​​Playful Hand-Lettering for Children’s Book Illustration

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​​Playful Hand-Lettering for Children’s Book Illustration provided by Domestika is a comprehensive online course. ​​Playful Hand-Lettering for Children’s Book Illustration is taught by Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Domestika. The course is taught in Englishand is $11.00. Visit the course page at Domestika for detailed price information.

Overview
  • Learn to create joyful lettering compositions for your book illustrations that appeal to readers of all ages

    • Introduction
    • Composition and Lettering
    • Using Lettering for Storytelling
    • Once Your Illustration Is Done. What’s Next?
    • Final project
    Through hand-lettering you can take an author’s story and give it a playful visual language for children. Hand-lettering artist and illustrator Shauna Lynn specializes in creating compositions for children’s publications and a whole host of other clients including Adobe, Samsung, and Facebook. She is also the co-author of Creative Lettering and Beyond.

    In this course, she teaches you how to design and incorporate hand-drawn lettering into your children’s book compositions. Shauna guides you through how to create a vibrant spread featuring both lettering and illustration that appeals to children and those who are children at heart. Illustrate beautiful messages that make young readers happy.

Syllabus
    • About Me
    • Influences
    • What, How and Why of Lettering
    • Inspiration and Mood Board
    • Three Composition Styles
    • Lettering to Convey Movement
    • Fitting into a Composition
    • Refining Sketch for Legibility
    • Lettering and Sound
    • Expressing Moods
    • Themes and Time Periods 1
    • Themes and Time Periods 2
    • Color Blocking and Final Details
    • Preparing the Artwork
    • Creating the Work You Want to Get Hired For
    • Other Applications
    • Playful Hand-Lettering for Children’s Book Illustration