Glassy logotype direction 1.
A lot of creative concepts are developed by designers for explorative purposes and never see the light of day. Because of this I’ve always thought a good concept for a book would be to feature nothing but ideas that were never used.
One purpose my Drawsigner blog serves is to showcase design and illustration projects I’ve worked on, but for one reason or another either never got used or the client just didn’t like what I came up with. This post is about the later.
Custom “Voppa” Logotype.
I’ve worked with my friend Paul Povolni an art director at a company in Colorado several times over the last few years on various projects. His nickname is “Voppa” and he asked me if I’d design a custom hand lettered logotype for him using that name.
Doing hand lettering for me is much like illustrating. I balance shapes and space, refine my forms all to create an aesthetically pleasing continuity and compelling design. And besides if he ended up not liking my design I’m only one letter away from having a cool new “Von” logotype so it was worth the creative roll of the dice.
Letterpress poster artwork.
My good friend and fellow designer Stefan Mumaw of Reign recently published a book called Chasing the Monster Idea, which I was happy to design a character for his books cover.
Since we were both speaking at HOW Design Live Stefan designed a promotional poster for his book and asked me to create the artwork to be used on it.
Ornery Pencil Drawing.
In June I’ll be speaking in Chicago at HOW Design Live. In addition to the speaking session I’ll also be doing a three hour workshop based on my book Vector Basic Training.
For both events I’ll have some pretty cool give away items I’ve arranged with various vendors that a handful of lucky attenders will receive.
Since my Vector Basic Training workshop reinforces the importance of designers drawing, one of the items is a fun t-shirt design I created called “Shut Up & Draw!” And my friends at Zazzle.com are screen printing the design for the give away shirts.
Work Happy
Brick & mortar mock up.
I love my job! Design and illustration are my creative life blood and being able to make a living doing what I enjoy makes my career a whole lot of fun. Sure, it has it’s moments of annoyances and frustrations like any job but that is the exception and not the rule.
One of my favorite things to do is to collaborate with other creatives. I’ve done this many times over the years and recently had an opportunity to brand a new work environment started by “12″ creative people in Florida called “Work Happy.”
The name these individuals picked embodies the whole spirit of what we do for a living. I’ve found that most creatives don’t view what they do as merely a job, it’s a way of life for them. I know that’s true for myself so I set out to design a unique logotype exclusive to them alone.
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