Resources for Students
Here’s a neat twist on the lettering process - first the requisite sketch, then creating vectors in Illustrator - and then bringing the artwork into 3ds MAX for a text effect which is then brought back into Illustrator and Live Traced. I’d never have thought to do that, but it looks pretty fantastic.
Beautiful art, design, typography, illustration and photo manipulation by Nik Ainley. There are far more pieces than I could possibly show you here, so make sure to click the link and ogle!
Mike Rohde, a designer, writer and artist from Wisconsin, attended the SEED conference this week, and took/drew these really amazing Moleskine sketchnotes. Not only are they an example of design-on-the-fly, but they also contain shiny nuggets of wisdom from some of the web’s best designers and developers.
Really amazing typography and illustrations by Tauba Auerbach. Kind of reminds me of Marian Bantjes.
Tauba Auerbach –> [via NotCot]
Created by Vancouver Film School students Ryan Uhrich and Marcos Ceravolo. Quick and dirty; watch it a couple of times if this is new to you!
Two-minute animated introduction to typography –> [via Design Observer]
Some industrious photographer went out and found arrangements of buildings, and took photographs to simulate the alphabet. This site gives credit to a Jack Turner, and this site, while I can’t exactly translate the language, seems to credit a Lisa Rienermann.
In any case, they’re really interesting and you should take a closer look. Typography is everywhere, and letterforms can be made from nearly anything 
Beautiful fonts released last year, set in real headlines and with reviews by real designers. These are fantastic and worth a look.
