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,...
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...
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...
Mechanical Text - 3
I keep looking at number 3 and being reminded of a scorpion's tail. Looks like it would be a fun one to animate... I'm trying to make...
Mechanical Text - 2
Still going with the numbers, now I'm up to number 2. I thought I'd go for some brighter colours, to keep the variety up. The sketch...
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...
Mechanical Text - Zero
OK, not to be confused with the letter 'O', this is very definitely the number zero. See, it even has a dash going through it. Looking at...
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...
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...
Mechanical Text - U
The vowels are finished! I've made a few patterns out of the vowels as a set, so I'll put a few of those up over the next few weeks as...
