DIGITIZING CALLIGRAPHY
WITH KESTREL MONTES
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Want to see your calligraphy on wine labels, merchandise, logos and letterpress pretties?
The first step is to learn digitizing!!
What you'll learn:
Knowing how to transform your ink & paper calligraphy to a print-ready digital graphic is an essential skill for expanding your calligraphy offerings to products and prints. Logos, product labels, screen printing, laser engraving, font files, letterpress... they all require a special digitizing process!
- Step-by-step process in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (you can use a free trial plan)
- How to enhance the quality of your scanned image beyond the capacity of your scanner
- How to cleanly photograph your work if you don't have a scanner
- How Procreate fits into things (hint, you still have to digitize in Photoshop!)
- Preserving the integrity of pointed pen hairlines and the inked appearance
- Removing backgrounds on colored art (i.e. watercolor) for print reproduction
- How to clean up the digital image to remove stray ink marks and rough edges
- How to prepare print-ready files for letterpress, flat printing, laser engraving and digital overlay
- The difference between bitmap files and vector files
- When and why you need to vectorize your work
- How to provide files to printers and graphic designers with confidence (aka files that won't be rejected!)
- Be ready to rock all the options that digitizing unlocks!!
How this will work:
- This is a prerecorded class.
- You will have instant access upon registering.
- Includes closed captioning in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Chinese, and Japanese.
- All handouts, links and recordings are found in the course portal.
- Includes ongoing access to the Business Community, our class forum.
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About Kestrel:
Kestrel Montes is the creative force behind INKMETHIS. Honored to be an IAMPETH instructor and Calligraphy Masters Crew Member, Kestrel's experience as a math and Spanish teacher paired with her Master's Degree in Educational Leadership gives her a unique skill set to promote calligraphy education and professional community building.
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