My loose sketch.
This post is a brief behind the scenes look at a recent custom typography project I posted on my Glitschka Studios web site.
Loose Sketching
When I start working out my hand lettering I like to use a standard pencil. I hold it with two three fingers loosely and lightly gesture draw which allows me to flow the letterforms better. I then go in and roughly work out the basic composition. I don’t worry about letter weights at this stage.
Awesome Possum design.
I love modern nomenclature and how people create and use certain terms or phrases. I know I’ve been inspired by creative terminology I’ve heard. One favorite phrase of mine I use when excited about something is “Awesome Possum.”
Not really sure how or when I started using the phrase “Awesome Possum,” but I’ve been saying it for years. Another one I’ve been using since I first watched Seinfield back in the mid early 90′s is “Giddy Up!” (View it here) That was a phrase Kramer would say that always cracked me up and after a while I caught myself saying it and it’s just stuck with me ever since.
I decided to turn this favorite saying of mine into a t-shirt and stickers.
Bonus set 17 sheet.
Here is another ’10′ ornaments in this latest bonus set. This brings the entire ever-growing bonus collection count to ’94′ above and beyond the 600+ ornaments that come with my book Flourish.Banner.Frame.
I hope you enjoy the new design motifs in this FREE download and subscribe to my blog to find out when more FREE content is posted.
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A decade of Illustrative Design.
I’ve been working in the graphic design industry since 1987. For the first 15 years of my career I worked for “The Man” doing both design and illustration at ever company I worked for. In March of 2002 I incorporated my business Glitschka Studios and became an independent creative.
Initially I had planned to grow my business into a local boutique design shop, but after my first year in business I realized my strength and passion were better suited as a creative hired gun for other agencies and companies both locally and internationally. I purposely focused on this niche and it’s been a full-tilt creative boogie ever since.
To celebrate my 10th year in business I’ve created two fun give away items for those who follow my work.
Vector Basic Training Workshops.
The Vector Basic Training (VBT) one day workshop is a live three hour event that takes the attender through a systematic creative process that reinforces drawing, and demonstrates how to precisely build your drawn design in vector form through simple vector build methods.
My goal is to help demystify the often frustrating process of creating vector graphics, so you can leave the event better equipped to produce well-crafted vector artwork for your own design projects.
Attenders can bring their own laptops and follow along using the vector resource files I’ll provide to those who sign up to attend, or they can just watch the presentation. Either way you’ll learn a lot. Attender questions are welcomed during the live event and every paid attender will receive a discount code good for 35% off my book Vector Basic Training.
Who is This Workshop For?
The methods I cover in this workshop will apply to graphic designers, web developers, illustrators, Interactive designers or anyone who needs to create original vector graphics using drawing programs like Adobe Illustrator, FreeHand, CorelDraw or even InkScape for their own projects.
What: Vector Basic Training Workshop (3 hrs)
Who: Von Glitschka – www.vonglitschka.com
When: A date and time that works for you.
Where: A location that works for you.
Why: To improve your creative process.
Resource Files for VBT Workshop: Will be emailed to attenders who sign-up.
Night Owl Society Logo.
One common denominator found in most Independent creatives (Freelancers) is their penchant for burning the midnight oil. Our creative juices tend to flow best under the shroud of darkness. We thrive in the quiet of night, we are night owls.
This unique demographic has inspired me to create the Night Owl Society.
Making a Lynda.com Course
Over the last six years I’ve authored four books. That said there’s no John Grisham’s in design publishing and the investment of time to produce a well crafted content rich book is a lot of hard work.
So when I was asked to do another book this past year I told the publisher I had to think about it. I just wasn’t sure I wanted to go through the hassle that comes with this enormous task. If I don’t love doing something the last thing I want to do is commit to it.
A few days later I got a call from my friend Mordy Golding who now works at Lynda.com and he asked me if I’d create a course for them on design. The more I thought about this, the more I realized this format for delivering information is better suited for me than a book is. The whole medium of interacting with an audience and talking to them is far more appealing than putting my thoughts and images on paper and sticking it on a shelf. So I turned down the book offer and agreed to create courses for Lynda.com.
A few weeks back I flew down to Lynda.com headquarters and we spent nine days shooting the entire course. The whole experience was a lot of fun and this post will give you a good idea as to what it takes to produce this type of video content.
So what’s my design course going to be about you may ask? Well I can’t get too specific but in general it’s about the creative process. From initial client contact, gathering information, ideation, sketching, refining, building out your art digitally, presentation, revisions, art direction and everything else in between.
This post is a sneak peek behind the creative scenes at Lynda.com.
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