Joe Newton Type Sketches
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I’m closing out the week with these fun type sketches by Joe Newton. Have a great weekend! ...
Tag: Hand-lettering
Courtney • Arcano
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Arcano is an impressive series of letterforms designed by Giuseppe Salerno. Each letterform was hand-drawn in Chinese ink on Japanese calligraphy pape...
Kate Forrester Calligraphy
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Learning calligraphy (or taking a class at least) is one of my 2011 goals, so I am currently obsessed with these gorgeous samples by Kate Forrester....
Brain vs. Braun: Typography Sketches
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I know we most often show the finished product around here, but I am equally—if not more so—inspired by the process. Take these type sketches by M...
Sergey Shapiro
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There is some lovely calligraphy in the portfolio of Sergey Shapiro....
Dana Tanamachi
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I’m loving these chalk type drawings by Dana Tanamachi, who is currently a designer at Louise Fili Ltd. via Two Tall Blondes...
Ryan Frease
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These awesome hand-drawn letterforms were created by Ryan Frease for Lettercult’s Alphabattle....
Dreamers Ink Aesthetics
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Dreamers Ink Aesthetics is a “forward thinking creative agency that blends a wide range of artistic disciplines to execute thoughtful and engagi...
BOSQUE
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I never get tired of checking out BOSQUE’s portfolio—it’s overflowing with colorful, whimsical pieces of art and hand-lettering. Here ar...
Pencil + Paper
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I’m loving the wide range of work in Justin Fuller‘s portfolio. But what especially caught my eye is these typographic and illustrative pi...
Unleashed: 2010
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Every year I look forward to seeing the final projects of the SVA MFA Designer as Author program. This year, the 21 graduates present Unleashed, a col...
Jacqui Oakley
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Today I’m loving Jacqui Oakley’s vibrant, lively style....
Gillian MacLeod
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I’m loving Gillian MacLeod’s hand-lettering and illustration style....
Hand Drawn Hana
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Here are a couple of snapshots from just one of our stops on the famed Hana Highway. There were so many amazing things to see along the way; it was ea...
Danielle Davis
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LOVE the lettering and illustration style of Danielle Davis. These particular illustrations are from Merry Stories, a personal project based on Der St...
Color Happy 84
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I love everything Ray Fenwick does. And the simple, classic blue and yellow color palette from this illustration for the Globe and Mail is no exceptio...
Meg Gleason
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I absolutely love Meg Gleason‘s hand-lettering and design style. Her website is currently under construction, so for now you can keep up with he...
Mini Goals Clockboards
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Awhile back I posted about Mary Kate McDevitt’s awesome Mini Goals Chalkboards. And now I’m pleased to share her latest product, sort of a...
Camila Drozd
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Beautiful typographic experiments by Camila Drozd. via share some candy...
SketchType Vol. 2
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I posted about T.26’s SketchType package awhile back, and now they’ve just released Volume 2. The set includes 20 original hand-drawn type...
Color Happy 77
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Loving the fun hand-lettering of No Hurries, No Worries by BT Livermore....
Visual Armory
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I was so happy to see the work of Andy Luce, aka Visual Armory, in my inbox recently. His personal, heartfelt work, featuring beautiful hand-lettering...
Patrick Draws Things
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Patrick Draws Things is the illustrative home of Patrick Hruby. There’s a lot of great stuff to see but I’m particularly enjoying these al...
José Azevedo
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I’m a sucker for great hand-lettering, so I found these sketch book pages by José Azevedo hugely inspiring. Check out the rest right here. via ...
Andy Smith
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I’m not really sure how I could have gone on this long without mentioning the work of illustrator Andy Smith, as I’ve been a big fan of hi...
Letterror
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Fun type and lettering experiments from the flickr stream of Letterror....
Natalie Perkins
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Beautiful and intricate illustration and lettering by Natalie Perkins....
Martino&Jaña
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I’ve wasn’t planning on adding another post this week, but I had to share these amazing posters I came across last night on Bēhance. The ...
James Gulliver Hancock
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In addition to his illustration projects, James Gulliver Hancock creates some pretty amazing hand-lettered posters. Some of the ones below are unfortu...
Song faces
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Yup, more hand-lettering. Meg Hunt has started a daily project where she chooses a song from her ipod and letters the title. You can find the whole co...
Pedestrian Typography
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It’s been a hand-lettering heavy week so far, but I couldn’t resist sharing some of the work of Carolyn Sewell. via I Love Typography...
Steven Jockisch
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Cool posters for the Minnesota fringe festival by Steven Jockisch....
Will Miller
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I’m loving this new lettering project by Will Miller, Pangrams....
Daily Drop Cap
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Daily Drop Cap is an exciting new project from Jessica Hische. Each day she will post a new, hand-drawn decorative letterform that will be available f...
Steph Says Hello
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Today is a holiday here in the States so I’m taking it off. So I’ll leave you with the incredible typography of Steph Baxter from Steph Sa...
Jordan Jelev
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Amazing calligraphy by Jordan Jelev—check out his Bēhance portfolio for lots more....
Tattooday
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Tattoday is the daily typographic project of Thomas Brodahl, one of the creators of Surfstation. Like a temporary tattoo, each day he hand-lettered a ...
Letter Playground
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The latest personal project from Nate Williams is Letter Playground, an on-going collection of various hand-drawn letterforms....
The Heads of State in Real Simple
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Lately I’ve noticed a lot of high quality art and design popping up in women’s magazines where you’d least expect. One example is th...
Steph Walker
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Steph Walker’s day job is a sign artist at Trader Joe’s. Sounds like a pretty awesome job to me....
Nrmal
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Mexican design studio Nrmal created this beautiful lettering as part of the brand for La Fabrica del Taco, an authentic Mexican Taqueria in Buenos Air...
Rudi de Wet
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Check out the excellent hand-lettering skills of Rudi de Wet....
House Industries: Weisspace Logo
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As previously mentioned, this week I’ve taken off to the Outer Banks for a much-needed vacation. And lucky for me, I’ve got some great blo...
The Typography of Harry Potter
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For the past however many years since the Harry Potter craze began, I’ve managed to avoid getting hooked. I’ll probably never read the boo...
Paul Torres
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There’s no question Paul Torres has a talent for hand-drawn type. See more right here....
Color Happy 41
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I’m loving these graduation card designs from Linzie Hunter’s lettering portfolio. Here are a couple others from the set:...
The Pressure
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Lots of stellar design happens to come out of Minneapolis these days, and Adam Garcia, aka The Pressure, is no exception. A graduate of Minneapolis Co...
Mini Goals
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I love love love these mini goals chalkboards created by illustrator Mary Kate McDevitt. I think the fun hand-painted lettering would make checking of...
Jack Malloy
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Another artist that has mastered hand-lettering is Jack Molloy. He has a more delicate, calligraphic style that would probable be amazing on an invita...
Doug Alves
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In addition to his illustration work, Doug Alves has created some really interesting alphabets, which will hopefully be made into complete typefaces a...
Coffee Money Zines
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One of Ray Fenwick’s latest projects are this series of Coffee Money Zines—”little books that act like arts grants”. You pledge $7...
Patrick Edgeley
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UK-based designer and artist, Patrick Edgeley creates fun screenprints using hand-lettering and bold, graphic imagery. Take a look at more of his work...
Sparrow v. Swallow
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Harlem-based Sparrow v. Swallow has some great hand-lettering in their portfolio. via BOOOOOOOM!...
Branding Lussumo
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Take a look at this post by Jon Contino to get some insight into his design process....
Colby Nichols
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Colby Nichols is a Portland-based designer and illustrator with some sweet hand-lettering skills—I’m loving his work for the Wolf Am I zine, i...
Sketchbook Envy
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My sketchbooks are typically a jumble of notes, partial thoughts and sketches. So I’m in awe of these lovely compositions by holdsnowater....
Jacqui Oakley
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Illustrator Jacqui Oakley has some amazing ornamental lettering in her portfolio....
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Some fun hand-drawn typography on this t-shirt by Ben Floeter. There’s not too many left, so move quickly! Suddenly It’s Real, $25...
Why We Love Boston in Winter
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Jessica Hische has posted some great new work on her blog. One project being six awesome covers for Boston Globe “G” magazine, printed con...
Sophie Henson
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Designer/Illustrator Sophie Henson has so many great pieces in her portfolio. See more here and here....