You don't need to have good handwriting to create beautiful digital lettering. The key is simply to draw and experiment, something that Daniel Hosoya—advertising designer specializing in letter creation—wholly enjoys every time he lands a commission that turns into a work of art.

In Digital Lettering with Illustrator and Photoshop, he taught you to create compositions combining different styles of letters. In this second course, faithful to the digital drawing of letters, he invites you to venture a step further and create letters with Procreate, the drawing app designed exclusively for iPad. Discover the basic workings of the application, create brushes to obtain your own customized strokes, and give the entire process a go to create a lettering piece based on the name of your favorite song.

What is this course's project?

Create a lettering piece inspired by the name of a song in Procreate. Daniel designs Frank Sinatra's "Come Fly with Me", but you can choose any song you like.

Who is this online course for?

Designers, lyricists, illustrators, cartoonists, calligraphers, and anyone who wants to learn new techniques to create digital letters.

Requirements and materials

To take this course you need a foundation in design or typography and basic knowledge of Adobe Illustrator.
You also need drawing supplies, an iPad and a compatible Apple Pencil, and Procreate as well as a computer with vector design software installed.