Evolution of Type, Exhibits 6-9 & 12

The finished next set of letters. This time I used corals and shells in addition to chicken bones. For a full description and more pictures see my Behance portfolio.

Making of "Exhibit 6-9 & 12"

Materials: Powder-coated MDF, polymer clay, chicken bones, corals and shells, thread, wire, hot glue. Colored with acrylics, spray paint and clear varnish. I am so caught up in the process that I forget to shoot making-ofs. That´s why not all of my letters are documented here.

Evolution of Type, Fig. 18

I plan to put this concept into a sculpture. I am still checking the details and testing materials and I already know it´s going to be a toughy.

God of Steel

The publishers of the French magazine "irreverent" asked me to provide them with my illustration of "Questionman" for their 8th issue´s cover on the topic of God. The illustration had to be grayscale so I turned back to my original ink drawing and scanned it again.
> irreverent magazine

Making of "Exhibit 1-5"

Materials: Powder-coated MDF, polymer clay, chicken bones, thread, wire, hot glue. Colored with acrylics, spray paint and clear varnish. What you can´t see here are gallons of sweat drops.

Evolution of Type, Exhibit 1-5

I recently came across the book "The Alphabet and Elements of Lettering" (1918) by famous type designer Frederic W. Goudy:

"Of all the achievements of the human mind, the birth of the alphabet is the most momentous. Letters, like men, have now an ancestry (...) indeed, it has been said that the invention of writing is more important than all the victories ever won or constitutions devised by man (...) A letter should possess an esthetic quality that is organic, an essential of the form itself and not the result of mere additions to its fundamental form nor to meaningless variations of it."

So I altered some letters to suggest living organisms. For the full rationale and more pictures see my Behance portfolio.

Jane

This is my newest summerjob: "Jane". My earlier papercuts "Byrne & Boyle" were done with colored corrugated cardboard purchased in an art supply store. But for Jane I used industrial packaging cardboard with a rougher surface and bigger grating. It is harder to cut than art paper but gives a more handmade look and I could do a bigger size (70x100cm/28x40in). I was tempted to spraypaint the whole image in gold or light blue but decided to leave it with the original cardboard look. See bigger images in my behance gallery.

Webshop Opened

After going through some efforts of finding the right paper, a good printer and a nice shop host I finally opened my Art Prints Shop on bigcartel.com. Check it out: andischeiger.bigcartel.com

FFFFOUND!

Oh joy! FFFFOUND, the most comprehensive of all graphic design bookmarking sites has ffffound a whole collection of my designs.

Evolution of Type, Fig. 1-6

For some of the last century´s most famous type designers the alphabet was the greatest achievement of mankind. To me all single members of the alphabet are similar to organic substance. Type always has been transformed not only according to fashion and style but also to prevailing political and philosophical mindset.

For your inspiration

Graphic hub "Lava360°" encludes 2 of my designs in their list of inspirational vintage style posters. Great artworks all along this listing. Thanks Lava360°!

Questionman

Having managed to survive for numerous decades Supie nowadays seems so hopelessly outdated by X-Box heroes and the like. What does a modern superhero have to look like?