A is for

a little something i'm working on...

an a-z of fairly interesting inventions




more to come soon

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BA Hons

It's my mum's graduation ceremony tomorrow.

I made her a card:


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windy miller

a wee little windmill

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typographic

here is a logo design i was asked to create for a job interview i attended recently. the company was after a logo to celebrate their 10 year anniversary and the only requirements were that it had to have a 'space' feel to it (as the company is called Rocket) and should incorporate the colour orange somewhere in the design.

i ended up creating a new logo for the company as well as a variation on that logo for the 10th anniversary. the approach i took was to create a simple rocket shape out of the letters of the work 'rocket' which was adapted to use the numbers 1 & 0 for the 10th anniversary:


i was very happy with the end result (especially as I haven't created many logo designs in the past) and i also think the method i used worked quite well, so since then i have been playing around with making other type images in the same way:


it is a bit tricky trying to use all the letters but also quite fun trying to work it out & i think they are on the whole quite nice (& simple) type illustrations.

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safari

another something

i just keep finding things i feel i should share so here is another drawing with type flash toy to keep you amused.

you can create some beauts with this one:



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you have to see this!

yet again i have been wasting time browsing the internet (but i am having a tea break at the moment so at least i'm multi-tasking). anyway i found this. it is one of the nicest examples of drawing with type i have seen and i love the fact that they are animated.





i really want the book but i looked on amazon and it is a tad pricey which is a pity but i think the moving image versions on the website are enough to keep me entertained for now.

they really put my own attempts at drawing type animals to shame though.




(that is a cat at the bottom if you weren't sure) heh


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type drawings

the other day whilst i was online talking to derek we got a bit carried away drawing pics with the type - here is a little selection of some of my attempts:


(derek did a far better drawing of a chicken that me but i didn't have that to post up - which is lucky really as he would have shown me up)

drawing with type is one of my favourite things to do

i also made a (somewhat laughable) attempt to draw some people -> me and derek went to see 'the two faces of mitchell & webb' in brighton the other week so i had a bash at drawing them:


ha ha ha ha ha

i have a skill there, no?

in other news...my invitation to the v&a awards ceremony + private view came at the weekend (v.exciting). less than a month to go now...


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