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Sale on in my Society 6 store!

Sale on in my Society 6 store!

Treat yourself to a late Christmas present! Follow the link in my bio to my Society6 shop, and get a 30% discount on graphic tees, bags, mugs, stickers, phone cases and other cool stuff with my art on it! The sale goes until the end of the day on New Year's Day. #illustration #robots #geek #geeklife #artforsale #artistsoninstagram #letters #lettering #typography #totebags #tshirts #news

Hey, you should consume some new content!

Hey, you should consume some new content!

I've been updating the site a bit lately, so there are some new things to look at! If you've been following my blog, or been to my show, you've seen my mechanical typography project, and I've given them their own page, which you can get to via the Projects page in the site banner. The other things I've added are my Mechanical Dancers, which I created for the show, and they now have their own section in the Different Worlds section. Have a look at the pages, let me know what y

Multi-Dimensional Urban Spaces opening

Multi-Dimensional Urban Spaces opening

Multi-Dimensional Urban Spaces opened on the 4th of September. I had a great time, and I'm incredibly grateful to everyone who came. Still, I went a bit quiet there, didn't I? Might have something to do with moving house and coming down with bronchitis since the opening night, I mean, maybe? Anyway, it was a good night, and a huge experience for me, opening my first solo show. I really want to thank Vinh and Stuart at ArtSHINE for organising it, and the people at The Alley Du

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Mechanical Text - R

Mechanical Text - R

This design was actually done before I started making my number designs, but I'm just sharing it now that I'm getting back to my letters. I put in a few elements that came from the logo I designed for myself (which is also my website logo). I wanted to have some elements that looked flexible, to contrast with very rigid-looking parts. This is another one it might be fun to see aniumated. What do you think? #lettering #letters #typography #sketches #pencils #finishedart #inkin

Mechanical Text - 9

Mechanical Text - 9

YES, this is the design for number 6 flipped 180°. I'm allowed to do that because, despite the protestations of fans of the number 9, that's all it is. Besides, I didn't just flip it. Well, the lines I did just flip, but that's not the whole story. I actually had to redo the shading and colours, so there is definitely more to it , honest. What do you reckon? #finishedart #pencils #inking #lettering #letters

Mechanical Text - 8

Mechanical Text - 8

Eight was actually the final number I designed, so I had a bit of fun with it. In the penciling, I was borrowing some influences from some gaming art books I was given by a friend as a birthday present. I think that definitely leant to my making this number a bit...chunkier than many of my others. I do like how the influences from the books gave it a sense of movement, The large segment at the top looks like it's going to start moving side to side, while the stalks at the sid

Mechanical Text - 4

Mechanical Text - 4

Bolder colours than I've used for a lot of these, but the contrast can't be a bad thing. I did start off unsure how I wanted to structure my 4. In the end, the slanted version is a clearer silhouette, so it made sense to go with that. I think some of the features I ended up using in the design were quite tool-like. There's even a catch from my son's pram in there. So, number 4. I finished this just in time to use it to announce my 40th birthday, which is a bit egotistical, bu

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Mechanical Text - One

Mechanical Text - One

I had trouble working out whether I wanted '1' to just be a vertical stick, or if I wanted it to have the serifs that would make it more distinct from an 'i'. Then I realised, I could do both, and I made my first transforming number! So, as you can see, this is a serif-style 1, but it can also close up into its shell, and become a sans-serif 1! The colouring definitely helped here, as it let me differentiate the inner layers from the outer. because the colours would be import

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Some more typography and Photoshop skills

Some more typography and Photoshop skills

As promised, here are some more examples of how I used my vowels as a pattern. The first one was more complex than it perhaps looks - I had to erase this guy's t-shirt, and do two versions of the pattern, one with black lines, and one with a white outline. It was worth it though, as I'm really proud of how this one came out. This other one is more conventional, but involved trying out a different pattern. #mechanicals #lettering #letters #typography #finishedart #photography

Put some vowels in your kid's bedroom (OK, that sounds weird)

Put some vowels in your kid's bedroom (OK, that sounds weird)

As promised, I've been busy with the old Photoshop. Having a complete set of vowels meant that I could start using them as a pattern, and putting them onto some things. Talking with Vinh at ArtSHINE, we decided that using them as a wallpaper / mural design would be a good look, and I am (a) Happy he suggested that, as it's a cool idea, and (b) Very happy that my Photoshop skills let me mock up these images. I mean, look at them! Wouldn't these have been cool rooms to have as

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