Danielle Davis
I just adore hand-lettering and Danielle Davis‘ work caught my eye! I especially liked her illustration and lettering for German children’s book by Henrich Hoffman, below. And I got a kick out of this identity design in the fight against cancer. Fun and motivational! Read More
Guimarães JAZZ
Many great projects for the Jazz community. But I really loved the limited color palette and hand-lettering on this. In awe. View the other pieces in the campaign. Read More
Signs, Signs, Everywhere is Signs
But that’s okay with me when they are designed as pretty as they are by New Bohemia Signs. The other day I posted about Gold Leaf, but today is all about the amazing sign work from this one company. View their most recent work on Flickr, much time will be spent there – trust me. Read More
The Art of Hand Lettering
I just discovered this lovely blog of Alan Ariall’s hand lettering. The Art of Hand Lettering shows the process of hand-lettering from sketches to completion. I love how he includes the sketches, the inked drawings, and the final pieces. It’s not magic folks, it’s hard work. Read More
Sailing Invites
I’ve been busy this past week. Three invitation sets were scheduled to be produced and three sets were indeed, produced. If you follow me on Facebook you already know that I nearly took out my thumb in the process with a cutter. Thankfully, it just cut a small piece and is healing well. Even though it was difficult to tie over a hundred knots with an out of order thumb, I was very pleased with the results! For Jessica and Jared, I created... Read More
Signs at Knoebels
The big draw of amusement parks is sensory overload and I was in complete heaven with all of the signs and lettering littering the spaces of Knoebel’s Amusement park. I’ve gone there since I was a kid and it hasn’t changed much, thankfully. The park is family-oriented and still has many trees around for much needed shade unlike many other parks. Knoebel’s is a great place but even greater is it’s signs. I failed to... Read More
Nate Williams
Hello illustration and hand lettering, you fine thing! I was just revisiting the site of Nate Williams and realized I never posted about his work! I’m slacking, I know. His bio goes something like this: I made the decision to pursue my passion for having absolutely no money and eating unhealthy amounts of rice .. I wondered “How does one achieve such a goal?” BECOME AN ARTIST/ILLUSTRATOR full time.. Read More
Icon, Logo or Mark
I’m working on a [fill in the blank] for someone and I don’t know what to call it. Is it a logo? Is it a mark or is it an icon? I’m not sure but I’m still working on the end result – client satisfaction. I sketched out with pencil at first and then in pen/marker a few rounds of different symbols … oh wait, is it symbol? Could be. And have picked out 9 of the best to present to the client. How do you present your ideas... Read More
Painted Signs
While looking around on Jeff Canham’s site I discovered that he is also a sign painter. Hand drawn lettering and illustrations that are beautifully done. Jeff is an artist and designer from San Francisco, California and currently works for New Bohemia Signs as a sign painter. You can see a few of his examples here but take a look at his full posting of his work at his website. Read More
Spike Press
Finally after a few months, a new interview has arrived on LetterCult with John Solimine, the brains and hands behind Spike Press. His work is creative and inspiring and although I don’t like posting too many images, you can always view loads more at his website. And don’t forget to read the interview on LetterCult. I love the long and narrow format posters, shown below. So beautiful especially with the kraft colored stock! Read More
