Vintage Hand Lettering on Your iPad in Procreate: Layouts, Borders, Flourishes

Unlock the secrets to creating beautiful vintage hand lettering designs on your iPad with Procreate! This course guides you through the process of crafting unique and charming layouts, perfect for adding a touch of retro flair to your artwork.

Inside, you'll discover all the tools and inspiration I use to create my signature vintage lettering style. You'll receive a comprehensive Procreate brush set including:

• 5 Vintage Style Borders: Add classic frames to your designs.
• 18 Flourishes: Elegant decorative elements to enhance your lettering.
• 9 Vintage Textures: Introduce subtle grid patterns and scuffs for an aged look.
• 6 Chain Brushes: Easily space and connect your decorative elements.

Learn how to create your own custom vintage brushes using shapes that reflect your personal aesthetic.

We'll begin by exploring valuable resources for vintage lettering layouts, both online and in print. I'll teach you how to use these as inspiration without direct copying, drawing from vintage hand-lettered ads, signs, and illustrations to spark your creativity. You'll learn to seamlessly integrate your own hand-drawn elements to personalize your designs.

Next, we'll dive into a practical project, using a vintage cigarette ad as a starting point for a lettering layout. I'll share my favorite vintage color palettes (with an adjustable Procreate document!) and demonstrate how to plan the layout of your quote and design elements. We'll cover adding borders, flourishes, and textures to achieve that authentic vintage feel. Discover easy color adjustment techniques to create your own unique palettes.

You'll master the art of creating a quote surrounded by playful vintage borders and flourishes, including a simple method for typing text on a path to achieve perfectly curved lettering. Learn to create detailed border and flourish stamps to build your own library of vintage elements.

Finally, we'll explore techniques for creating detailed hand-drawn borders and adding overlapping flourish elements and vintage print textures to your pieces.

I'll show you how easy it is to find vintage patterns, flourishes, color palettes, and layouts to elevate your lettering.

All you need to participate is your iPad and a stylus! While we’ll utilize Affinity Designer for a portion of the course, I'll provide a straightforward Procreate workaround for those who don't have Affinity Designer. The Apple Pencil is recommended, but any stylus or even your finger will work.

Download class resources here (password provided in the first lesson).