DIY: POINT PERSPECTIVE LETTERS
In this portion of the website. We will offer you an easy 4 step tutorial on how to use point perspective to make your lettering projects pop! This technique can be seen in our logo.Then at the end, we have attached a quick time lapse video suing this technique to create an anti-war inspired poster.
Our logo was made to pop!
Point perspective was used to create the lettering in our logo.
Step 1.
Finding your vantage point
Before you can draft out and start to design the text/lettering, you need to figure out your vantage point. A vantage point is the point in which an object is viewed from. In this case, your view point is the front of the text and, the point in which it is perturbing from. The diagram shows us where this point is.
Step 2.
Designing your lettering
You may begin to draft/sketch your text art. Because I did this on an art program, I am able to draw out the lettering and place it anywhere on the work. If you are hand drawing this on paper or canvas, then draft/sketch the front above your VP; or in the directing you want to text to come out of. Be it on a digital space or a paper/canvas space, using rulers or grids help assist you in sizing, placement and kerning. Kerning is how far apart the lettering is from one another.
Step 3.
Connecting the VP to the lettering
At this point your lettering doesn’t have to be too detailed. We are just placing the foundation of the work. Now we begin to connect the lettering to the VP. Some of your lines will overlap, but that’s ok. The next step will allow us to fix and erase unnecessary details.
Step 4.
DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS!
Now comes the fun part. Once everything Has been lined out, we can begin to add the small details. First, begin by erasing over lapping lines or unnecessary lines. Once this has been done, you may begin to outline the lettering with a darker thicker line. You may add texture to the lines connecting the VP; by doing this, we create a sense of 3D motion. Then once everything looks the way you want, we can erase the VP and round out the bottom. You can mirror the bottom to look like the bottom of the letters, or you can round it like I do. After this, you may add the rest of the art or add a background.
Conclusion:
Viola!
You have now created a work of art ready to be applied to a bold poster or anything else you want to stand out. IN this tutorial we went from: placing a vantage point, we then sketched out the lettering and fixed small details.
Want to see a full piece put together?
We have added a time-lapse video of this drawing being put together using this technique. Enjoy!
