entries Tagged as [art]

The art of Calligraffiti


The work of Niels Shoe Meulman, via Some Type of Wonderful

This comes up a lot in my type classes. Urban lettering – graffiti – is often practiced by students in my typography courses. The work is typically great, however, where things tend to fall apart is when I’m teaching traditional form, such as script or italic.

As one student put it, “in this class I learned not to be gangsta  . . . . ” [Read more →]

Illustration Play

Picked up this book while in El Lay.

More images from the book can be seen at the Victonary site.

FEEEL: An Exhibition of New Media_

I’ve been working on this one for a few months and as I write this we’re about 1/2 way thru set up. [Read more →]


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