Uploaded July 2015 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
NEW AND BETTER TUTORIAL HERE!
youtube.com/watch?v=mQatZEqe9xI
Hand Lettering Tutorial for Beginners | Lowercase Alphabet
youtube.com/watch?v=6nTNjV9g-gM
Hand Lettering Tutorial for Beginners | Uppercase Alphabet
youtube.com/watch?v=qMsh-QgdXBY
Hand Lettering Tutorial for Beginners | Monoline
youtube.com/watch?v=c53mWCOjxEY
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Hey guys! This is a tutorial on handlettering for beginners. I know there are countless different styles out there, but I figured I should start on the more simple style first and help you get used to using a brush pen. The main key to using a brush pen is knowing where thick and thin lines need to be, and also understanding the letterforms. This isnt something you will be able to do straight off the bat, it does take practise and time, much like everything! If you're finding it difficult, dont get frustrated, just have a break and come back to it, you'll get a grasp of it soon enough. When I was starting out, I must have gone through 50 sketchbooks and hundreds of pieces of paper, just practising, so there are no shortcuts to this, just take your time and keep repeating the letters until you're comfortable with it. I really do hope this tutorial has helped you, I know it has been widely requested, but I didnt want to just jump straight into the deep end, it's always best to start with the basics!
Below I have linked some community type pages on instagram that I follow, they regularly upload work from a variety of different designers, and this is a great way for you to discover other designers, and an amazing source of inspiration. You can see what styles other people are working on, and even use their work as guidance for letterforms. This is how I started and following these pages has helped me exponentially. If you see a piece of type that you like, look in the description and the page will have linked the designers account, so you can now go and follow their personal account and check out more of their work!
Tools Used
Tombow Brush Pen
tinyurl.com/q3oe6vp
Staedtler Mars Technico Leadholder
tinyurl.com/pg4uptw
12 Inch Cork Backed Ruler
tinyurl.com/q8r34xt
Color Copy A4 Paper - 200gsm
tinyurl.com/p569u3j
Community Type Pages on Instagram
instagram.com/goodtype
instagram.com/thedesigntip
instagram.com/calligritype
instagram.com/thedailytype
instagram.com/typographyinspired
instagram.com/typespire
instagram.com/type.gang
Song Used
https://soundcloud.com/ijessejames/je...
Instrumental produced by Jesse James
Facebook
facebook.com/ijessejames
All instrumentals on Soundcloud soundcloud.com/ijessejames
Please leave a comment and give me some feedback/opinions
Contact me:
E-Mail
SteBradburyDesign@yahoo.co.uk
Skype
FallenDesignsUK
NEW AND BETTER TUTORIAL HERE!
youtube.com/watch?v=mQatZEqe9xI
Hand Lettering Tutorial for Beginners | Lowercase Alphabet
youtube.com/watch?v=6nTNjV9g-gM
Hand Lettering Tutorial for Beginners | Uppercase Alphabet
youtube.com/watch?v=qMsh-QgdXBY
Hand Lettering Tutorial for Beginners | Monoline
youtube.com/watch?v=c53mWCOjxEY
My Links!
instagram.com/stebradbury
facebook.com/FallenDesignsUK
twitter.com/FallenDesignsUK
behance.net/SteBradbury
stebradburydesign.co.uk
Hey guys! This is a tutorial on handlettering for beginners. I know there are countless different styles out there, but I figured I should start on the more simple style first and help you get used to using a brush pen. The main key to using a brush pen is knowing where thick and thin lines need to be, and also understanding the letterforms. This isnt something you will be able to do straight off the bat, it does take practise and time, much like everything! If you're finding it difficult, dont get frustrated, just have a break and come back to it, you'll get a grasp of it soon enough. When I was starting out, I must have gone through 50 sketchbooks and hundreds of pieces of paper, just practising, so there are no shortcuts to this, just take your time and keep repeating the letters until you're comfortable with it. I really do hope this tutorial has helped you, I know it has been widely requested, but I didnt want to just jump straight into the deep end, it's always best to start with the basics!
Below I have linked some community type pages on instagram that I follow, they regularly upload work from a variety of different designers, and this is a great way for you to discover other designers, and an amazing source of inspiration. You can see what styles other people are working on, and even use their work as guidance for letterforms. This is how I started and following these pages has helped me exponentially. If you see a piece of type that you like, look in the description and the page will have linked the designers account, so you can now go and follow their personal account and check out more of their work!
Tools Used
Tombow Brush Pen
tinyurl.com/q3oe6vp
Staedtler Mars Technico Leadholder
tinyurl.com/pg4uptw
12 Inch Cork Backed Ruler
tinyurl.com/q8r34xt
Color Copy A4 Paper - 200gsm
tinyurl.com/p569u3j
Community Type Pages on Instagram
instagram.com/goodtype
instagram.com/thedesigntip
instagram.com/calligritype
instagram.com/thedailytype
instagram.com/typographyinspired
instagram.com/typespire
instagram.com/type.gang
Song Used
https://soundcloud.com/ijessejames/je...
Instrumental produced by Jesse James
facebook.com/ijessejames
All instrumentals on Soundcloud soundcloud.com/ijessejames
Please leave a comment and give me some feedback/opinions
Contact me:
SteBradburyDesign@yahoo.co.uk
Skype
FallenDesignsUK
![NEW intro [By WooshGraphics]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kvoJbHkOc1c/mqdefault.jpg "NEW intro [By WooshGraphics]
Hey guys, just wanted to upload my new intro in case you didnt see my previous video where i used it and also to give a shoutout to Woosh. You should go check him out and sub him to keep up to day with his great work. To get an intro like this is free, the only requirement is that you have over 500 subscribers.
Intro By WooshGraphics
Go check him out, hes an amazing motion graphic designer!
https://www.youtube.com/user/WooshGraphics
Thanks again WooshGraphics for this great Intro!")
![Hand Lettering Tutorial for Beginners | Letterform Template [Free]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mQatZEqe9xI/mqdefault.jpg "Hand Lettering Tutorial for Beginners | Letterform Template [Free]
My Links!
http://instagram.com/stebradbury
https://www.facebook.com/stebradburydesign
https://twitter.com/FallenDesignsUK
http://www.behance.net/SteBradbury
http://www.stebradburydesign.co.uk
Hand Lettering Letterform Template/Guide
http://tinyurl.com/zpz7w3s
Hand Lettering Letterform Template/Guide
http://tinyurl.com/hx4sv6t
Hand Lettering Letterform Template/Guide (Completed)
http://tinyurl.com/hxrdwl5
Stained By Sharpie (Fabric Markers)
http://tinyurl.com/j7qvavn
Color Copy A4 Paper - 200gsm, 1 pack of 250 sheets
http://tinyurl.com/okhdjsc
Hand Lettering Tutorial for Beginners | Uppercase Alphabet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMsh-QgdXBY
Hand Lettering Tutorial for Beginners | Lowercase Alphabet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nTNjV9g-gM
Hey guys! So this tutorial is something I have been meaning to make for a while now! I know a good few of you have requested I make some sort of template that you can use to practice your letterforms, rather than simply trying to copy what I do on screen, so here it is!
I have basically drawn out the basic shape of each letter, vectorised them to make them neater and easier to use, and turned it into a template/guide for you guys to use! I have also included some arrows too, to show you where to start each stroke, an which direction each stroke should go in. There are also some short and simple instructions at the bottom which tell you where thick and thin strokes should be used. The template/guide is quite self explanatory, however, I wanted to make this video to show you guys how to use it in case anyone was unsure, and also to help promote it so more of you guys know that it is available for free!
The reason I include the fact that this is free is because I know a lot of lettering artists out there only give these to people who sign up to their online courses or workshops. While I totally understand why they do this, of course to make some money from it, I am fully aware that a lot of you dont have money to sign up to these sorts of courses, and there isnt very much that is freely available to help you improve your hand lettering skills! I know this from personal experience from when I first started, I learnt simply by looking at other peoples work and trying to understand the letterforms. I had no guides or help, it was simply all about doing my research and studying other artists work!
While this is very good practice, it is also a long and tedious process, so having some form of guidelines to follow should hopefully help you guys improve your skills at a more steady rate! I would still definitely recommend constantly looking through other artists work as this is hugely beneficial and a very important step towards improving and expanding on your styles and idea!
By all means, feel free to sign up to any of these online courses or workshops from other artists out there because there will be much more info about hand lettering and much more in depth tutorials than what I am putting out. Most of these people are pretty established artists and have way more experience than myself, so feel free to search around for some of these if you dont mind spending a little bit of money. It is worth it!
Thanks again everyone for your amazing support of both my work and my channel, I really do appreciate it more than you know!
Songs Used
https://soundcloud.com/ukiyoau/nolimit
Ukiyo
https://soundcloud.com/ukiyoau
https://www.facebook.com/ukiyoau/
https://www.instagram.com/timothyarnott/
https://twitter.com/ukiyoau/
https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/ukiyo
Intro created by Koencept
https://www.youtube.com/user/Koencept
Intro Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9e7O7OUglk
Contact me:
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Skype
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