Type-tastic Tuesday my crafty Craftside readers! Today my inspiration comes from the coffee table book of 900 images, The Art of Punk: The Illustrated History of Punk Rock Design. I love design books for inspiration. I spotted this page that had hand drawn barbed wire type and I thought I'd try writing my quote of the day in barbed wire font.
How I drew the barbed wire type face:
I drew lines of pointy ellipses as you can see in the "N" and "E" then I added little messy condensed "Z" shapes where the pointy ellipses met. I should emphasize messy! See the little scribbles under the de Gaulle? That's who said this quote, "Deliberation is the work of many men. Action of one alone."
Click on this page from to see a closeup of the page that was my inspiration:
More about the Voyager Press Book:
The Art of Punk: The Illustrated History of Punk Rock Design
by
Punk
rock gave birth to an art movement that was little appreciated at the
time but soon became influential around the globe. This is the first
book to chronicle the art of punk style, from concert posters and flyers
to fanzines and record sleeves, T-shirts, buttons, comic books, and
much more.
The story begins with the godfathers of
punk—the Velvet Undergound, MC5, the Ramones, New York Dolls, and Patti
Smith—and the distinctive aesthetic these bands launched thanks to
impresarios like Andy Warhol. Punk broke big in 1976 and 1977 with
American and British groups such as the Sex Pistols, the Damned, the
Clash, the Germs, and more, and continues today with bands like Green
Day and Rancid. The bands created a reactionary, do-it-yourself art
designed to shock, amaze, and stand out from the blandness of the 1970s.
This groundbreaking style continues to impact design, music, and
fashion today.
This collection of more than 900
images is a rare look at punk design since so much of it was made as
throwaway art and few originals have survived. The authors have
collected an incredible gallery of images, plus interviews with the
artists, poster designers, and musicians who were there on the
frontlines of punk rock.
Russ Bestley is a graphic design professor at the London College of
Communications, University of the Arts London. He’s also the author of Up Against the Wall: International Poster Design and Experimental Layout. He writes for publications including Eye, Zed, émigré, the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World, and Punk & Post-Punk.
Alex Ogg is the co-editor of the esteemed academic journal Punk & Post-Punk. He’s the author of The Hip Hop Years, No More Heroes, and Independence Days. He’s a regular contributor to The London Times, Vive Le Rock, and is the former editor of Spiral Scratch.
Dennis Loren is a rock poster designer and member of The Rock Poster Society.
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Posted by: Ceceliagreen | March 12, 2013 at 10:57 PM
I'm glad the book served as some form of inspiration! Thanks!
Posted by: Alex Ogg | August 14, 2013 at 10:06 AM