From the monthly archives:

April 2010

DAY EIGHTY

by admin on April 30, 2010

DAY EIGHTY

Started with a fluted stem, kinda seeing where it went, here, and took it further in Photoshop.

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DAY SEVENTY-NINE

by admin on April 29, 2010

DAY SEVENTY-NINE

Crayon, pencil, chipboard, scanner, photoshop, 4 a.m.

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DAY SEVENTY-EIGHT

by admin on April 28, 2010

DAY SEVENTY-EIGHT

Carving up some wood (type).

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DAY SEVENTY-SEVEN

by admin on April 27, 2010

DAY SEVENTY-SEVEN

Started with an R that I really liked, and built around it to get this. Then mixed it up in photoshop.

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DAY SEVENTY-SIX

by admin on April 26, 2010

DAY SEVENTY-SIX

Started with a sketch, and once the vector was finished, the client wanted a few variations, including this 3d.

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DAY SEVENTY-FIVE

by admin on April 25, 2010

DAY SEVENTY-FIVE

Rough sketch that I hope to refine soon.

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DAY SEVENTY-FOUR

by admin on April 24, 2010

DAY SEVENTY-FOUR

messing with a huge contrast ratio.

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DAY SEVENTY-THREE

by admin on April 23, 2010

DAY SEVENTY-THREE

No time lately; working on a time-consuming writing project. But must continue…making…letters. :) Here’s a 3d A texture study.

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DAY SEVENTY-TWO

by admin on April 22, 2010

DAY SEVENTY-TWO

Shape exercise. Started with the little moustache shape, and ran with it. The clean version here

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DAY SEVENTY-ONE

by admin on April 21, 2010

DAY SEVENTY-ONE

Tall sans + some ninja turtles. Not sure what it all means.

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DAY SEVENTY

by admin on April 20, 2010

DAY SEVENTY

We watched War Games on Netflix streaming this weekend, my second favorite Matthew Broderick movie. ;) This is the first half of the typeface inspired by the monolithic supercomputer, WOPR. It’s pretty ordinary so far except for the R, which I absolutely adore.

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DAY SIXTY-NINE

by admin on April 19, 2010

DAY SIXTY-NINE

I imagined the nameplate at Castle Grayskull. A mix of circus letters and Transylvania.

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DAY SIXTY-EIGHT

by admin on April 18, 2010

DAY SIXTY-EIGHT

Sketch + shadow in illo.

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DAY SIXTY-SEVEN

by admin on April 17, 2010

DAY SIXTY-SEVEN

Created some custom slab letters for a poster. Australian spelling of pedalling.

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DAY SIXTY-SIX

by admin on April 16, 2010

DAY SIXTY-SIX

King of the Hill on TV in the other room…overheard: “America is not only is the land of opportunity, but also the land of redemption.”

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DAY SIXTY-FIVE

by admin on April 15, 2010

DAY SIXTY-FIVE

Pretty rough sketch. Will turn it into vector another day.

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DAY SIXTY-FOUR

by admin on April 14, 2010

DAY SIXTY-FOUR

Yikes. Spikes.

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DAY SIXTY-THREE

by admin on April 13, 2010

DAY SIXTY-THREE

Monday for Tuesday.

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DAY SIXTY-TWO

by admin on April 12, 2010

DAY SIXTY-TWO

Messing around with bounce. Done digitally, with the pencil tool mostly.

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DAY SIXTY-ONE

by admin on April 11, 2010

DAY SIXTY-ONE

Some letters I made for an upcoming print project.

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DAY SIXTY

by admin on April 10, 2010

DAY SIXTY

Simple vector sign, distressed, for no good reason.

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DAY FIFTY-NINE

by admin on April 9, 2010

DAY FIFTY-NINE

Non-traditional blackletter of sorts, riffing off Day 57.

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DAY FIFTY-EIGHT

by admin on April 8, 2010

DAY FIFTY-EIGHT

Another lowercase study, riffing off Day 56. Long week, gotta catch up this weekend.

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DAY FIFTY-SEVEN

by admin on April 7, 2010

DAY FIFTY-SEVEN

A blackletter study. Myohm.

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DAY FIFTY-SIX

by admin on April 6, 2010

DAY FIFTY-SIX

Still unrefined and a bit lumpy, and only ten letters made, but I really like where this lowercase is going.

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