Yes, I’ve read quite a few, but they’re sometimes a little myopic. I prefer to get my design influences from other sources beyond my immediate field. That’s not to say I ignore the world of Graphic Design with its historical and changing styles, that would be foolish.
This lovely vintage-style font family is available free for personal and commercial use from the lovely chaps at Fontfabric. It comes with a shadow version and bold 3D to name a couple of options. That means you can set a lovely retro piece with ease.
Just a quick post today to show off some amazingly delicate and intricate work by artist Tiffanie Turner. Yes, they are paper! There’s not much to say to be honest, but take a look at the link if you’d like to see more of these pretty awesome paper flower creations.
I know designers who religiously collect examples of ampersands. It’s not hard to see what fires them up, a simple ligature that creates one of the most beautiful examples of typesetting. Time and time again you will see almost endless variety of this character.
This is a quick post to show you a small selection of the lovely illustrations in the book, Wild Animals of the North. A lovely children’s book by Dieter Braun. I just had to show off these marvellous graphic design style illustrations…
It’s a painting right? Well it take’s a little while to accept it, but it’s actually a hyper-realistic painting by the artist Jason de Graaf.
When discussion with friends turns to books, when I let people know that I (amongst other genres) enjoy sci-fi novels, I get a certain look. A look that says either ‘grow up’, or ‘start reading proper books’… or just, ‘he’s a graphic designer, what do you expect…’
Are we to depenendant on our devices? Are we just ‘digital zombies’ constantly glued to our phones? Regardless, I wanted to share with you some fascinating images by Antoine Geiger which I found, funnily enough, while engrossed on my phone.
While getting in the autumnal mood and browsing artwork and illustrations with those vibes I came across the lovely work of Jess Mason. In this post I wanted to share some of her lovely illustrations. Here I will share some of her work that will definitely get you in the autumn mood. I have always been drawn in by magical images and landscapes, so to me these are just amazing.