"Concerning hand-lettering, would you recommend a traditional calligraphy lesson/class before developing a solid personal style?"
Yes. Absolutely. 100%! Learning calligraphy will give you a much more intimate sense of each letter and it will help you to learn how to manipulate each one or many together to create a beautiful composition.
My old friend Rick (from hardcore favorites This is Hell and Soldiers) is doing an AWESOME thing right now. A REALLY AWESOME THING. For $20, he’ll do a metal or hardcore version of any song you want. For and extra $10, he’ll send you a hard copy with hilarious cover art. Again, I’m not usually into promoting other people’s things on this blog, but he’s a good friend, a great musician, and this is just too awesome to keep to myself.
As soon as he told me he was doing this, I ordered one from him right away. Rick is covering “The Book of Right On” by Joanna Newsom. Listen to that and tell me you don’t want him to cover a song for you.
Listen to some samples and ORDER ONE NOW!!!
"Jon, again, love your work, and I hope my questions never bug you. I was wondering how you achieved the roughness and organic feel of your lettering. I am not referring to any texturing or distressing, but rather the wavvy feel to your outlines. Do you just "draw" them that way and then fill in or does it come from the tooth of the paper you use causing ink bleed? Thanks!!!"
The whole thing developed through experimenting with drawing utensils and paper type. I’ve found certain combinations that produce more or less ink bleed and then try to exploit or tone it down when I scan and correct in Photoshop. I rarely draw any type of lines that are rogue, I try to keep it as natural and organic as possible. Please don’t hesitate to ask questions, I love helping out where I can.
I tend to stay away from posting things I don’t make, but this has to be done. LEGO and hardcore have always been some of my favorite things in life, and now LEGO has combined them into one amazing video. Please take a minute to enjoy this, you’ll be glad you did.
The fine folks at Dribbble interviewed me for their Time Out series. Process, equipment, current projects…it’s all there.
30 Covers, 30 Days project. My contribution.
Goodbye old logo and hello new logo with the amazing help of Jon Contino. Let me know what you think!
Sketch in progress #blog
CXXVI Fall/Winter 2011 available now!
Take a peak at CXXVI Spring 2012!
Another poster for sale, this time much less spooky. Pick up this limited edition print and donate to a very worth cause. Halloween is fun, but it’s also fun to HELP OTHERS!!!
