{112509} Slabby

{112409} Last Boston

One more sketch for the Boston Naked logo...

{111709 - 112309} 2Ds

Lately, I've been working on a top secret logo that I guess is not so secret anymore. I'll either be using two D's or the '2D' combination. Either way, here are a bunch of wood type sketches of both characters.

{111609} More Boston Naked

Boston Naked Sketches

Working on a new logo for my sister's website right now. Here are a few rough sketches for Boston Naked.

{110609 - 111109} So Many Gs, So Little Time

What can I say? I just love me a lowercase 'g'! So many ways to connect the strokes. So many components and pieces. Lately, I've been trending toward drawing full words for these posts, but it's really nice to focus on one letter and really explore formal qualities without getting too technical and anxious about consistency, rhythm and rules.

{110509} Nutstachio

Nutstachio... It's like a pistachio with more salt and 10% more pure nut flavor. We have it every year for Thanksgiving. That's crazy talk! I found some of these letters on a sign in Prague. They could very well be an existing typeface, and I could be a total fraud. But I love the 'o' and would be interested in exploring some other alternates in the same vein.

{110409} Fat K

Here's a lowercase 'k' with an eating problem and a serious gut! Adapted from a very fluid, cursive alphabet to become another strange experiment in marrying sans serifs with script lettering.

{110309} But SERIOUSLY

Here's a heavier version of the last letters I posted.

{110209} Seriously

Here's another script experiment, adapted from some letters I found in my signpainting book. Stay tuned for "Seriously Part 2: But Seriously"...

{110109} That's My Name

That's me! Aaaaand... We're back in business. Kind of. I've got a sketchbook full of hand drawn type that I'm working my way through, so I'll be posting retroactively as I digitize them. This kind of lettering produces some very mixed (and often scary) results for me, but I'm really enjoying the freedom of working with painterly letters and handwriting.

Excuses...

Oh, I'll just go ahead and admit it... I am a bad blogger! But seriously. I had to take some time off to pack up my (beautiful) apartment in Durham and move into my new (two-bedroom) house in Raleigh. And then of course I unpacked and decorated in less than a week. What Your OCD Can Do For You - Coming soon to a bookstore near you! I digress... So I'm going to spend the last week of October (OMG) getting the type requirements for a few side projects organized. Expect huge things in November.

{100109 - 100409} More Saucetoberfest

Having finally committed to a date for my housewarming party (despite the fact that I haven't moved yet), I decided that I really wanted to finish this lettering project and design an invitation for the event. I don't know that I'll have the time (or more than five dollars) to print the invitations, but I'm really glad I followed through. I'll post the final artwork on saucebomb in the next day or so and link to it from here. And who knows... It could eventually become the cover art for the top secret book I plan on publishing entitled What Your Trackball Can Do For You.

{093009} Saucetoberfest

And here are the rest. I definitely have some work to do on the 's,' which feels far too thick compared to the rest of the letters. There are some weird things happening with the 'r' to 'f' as well, but for the most part, I'm liking this so far.

{092909} Back in Black

I've been working on some special lettering for an October event I'm hosting. This is one of the alternates.