Let’s Dance Lettering

Lettering piece created for my Domestika course – ‘Expressive Lettering with Swashes and Flourishes’ – to demonstrate how to be expressive with type and enhance a message through the use of dynamic letterforms and flourishes that communicate an idea visually. In this case creating ‘Dancing Letters’. Created from start to finish in Procreate.

Let's Dance lettering by Dan Forster - FINAL

Process

Below shows the various stages of creating this piece, from initial ‘skeletons’ (mono-line), to exploring various compositions for the flourishing, and finally adding weight and swell to the strokes.

Lets Dance lettering by Dan Forster - process

Final drawing:

Lets Dance lettering by Dan Forster - final drawing

Final artwork

The complete start-to-finish process is explained in detail in my Domestika course. See the link below to find out more about the course and to sign up.

Let's Dance lettering by Dan Forster - FINAL