Explore Design on Skillshare

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Jon Contino

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Unleash your creativity and dive into the world of design with Jon Contino's exclusive Skillshare course, "Explore Design." Join the renowned lettering artist as he takes you on a captivating journey through the process of creating iconic graphic labels. Whether it's packaging, apparel, or any product, Jon reveals the right way to design and illustrate a label. With behind-the-scenes access to his studio, learn from his inspiration, research, sketching, composition, and color manipulation techniques. Elevate your design skills and transform your sketches into remarkable works of art. Let your creativity flourish with Jon Contino's expert guidance!

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Updated in [July 20th, 2023]

In this course, Explore Design on Skillshare, students will join iconic lettering artist Jon Contino as he shares his process for preparing, designing, and executing iconic graphic labels. Through 30 minutes of video lessons, 3 class-specific project guides, links to favorite articles, and a collection of core reference images, students will learn how to research, sketch, compose, and manipulate colors to transform a simple sketch into a real mark. By the end of the course, students will have the skills to create a lettered label they love.

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Introduction

My Favorite Hand-Illustrated Labels

Translating Your Mood Board Into Sketches

Working With Your Top Design (5:54)

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