Ampersands & Animals Work In Progress
As my degree comes to it’s final conclusion (welp!), I’m suffering a bit with mild panic and stress… As a self-confessed type geek, I’ve been really enjoying taking a break from course work and chilling out by practising my hand-lettering. Apart from anything else, you get to really understand how letters are formed when you […]
Type – Cycle by Marcel Piekarski
“The greatest ideas are the simplest.” ― William Golding, Lord of the Flies The more I go on with studying design, the more I understand that the simplest ideas are more often that not the best. Typography is a massive part of my studying, not only that but as a complete typophile, I can’t go […]
Attempting calligraphy & handlettering
So it’s well into study mode and unfortunately for me, it means I spend most of my time stressing about my degree work and trying to make sure there are no orphans, widows or any other sneaky pieces of typography hell in my designs. Sometimes though, it’s good to take a break from commissions and […]
Testing Your Kerning
As a student, my typography skills have seen a vast improvement over the last few years but I am fully aware that I have a long way to go. Once you start, it becomes impossible to switch off – I am constantly checking for em/en dashes and looking at kerning on posters. It’s almost like […]
