Through hand-lettering you can take an author’s story and give it a playful visual language for children. Hand-lettering artist and illustrator Shauna Lynn specializes in creating compositions for children’s publications and a whole host of other clients including Adobe, Samsung, and Facebook. She is also the co-author of Creative Lettering and Beyond. In this course, she teaches you how to design and incorporate hand-drawn lettering into your children’s book compositions. Shauna guides you through how to create a vibrant spread featuring both lettering and illustration that appeals to children and those who are children at heart. Illustrate beautiful messages that make young readers happy. Read more ↓

What is this course's project?
Design a spread for a children’s storybook featuring playful illustrations and lettering compositions.

Who is this specialization for?
This course is for anyone with an interest in hand-lettering or who would like to work in children’s publishing.

Requirements and materials
Basic knowledge of lettering and illustration would be beneficial.
Shauna works digitally in this course, using Procreate, but you're welcome to use a medium of your choice. If you wish to follow Shauna's digital approach, you’ll need access to a device with a design program like Adobe Photoshop or Procreate installed, and some previous experience using the software.