Scan of a sketch I'm about to vector for something I'm working on. Not sure how the two L's will work together, but I'll probably loosen up that part a little bit anyway as it seems a little cramped.
It's really cool! Agree with Henric about the second L to be a bit taller. And maybe the Hello should have more space between letters and be a very few bigger because the Method seams bigger now by its flow at the bottom. But it's great anyway and it surely will be better in vector and when you work with spaces lines thickness:) Great work Claire!
Wow, thanks very much for all the kind and thoughtful comments! I really appreciate it.
Tweaking the vectored version at the minute. I've made the second L a little bit taller (thanks Henric and Sergey) and spaced out 'Hello' which makes it look more balanced next to the second word, so great suggestions there.
Smoothing out the right M leg a little bit too (good call Milosz) and adjusted the stroke widths on the swash (thanks Pablo!)
Connecting/intertwining the L's is a really interesting suggestion that I hadn't thought of at all. I'm going for a really natural flow following the letter shapes created out of very quick freeform sketches, which is where the current L's came from. That said, I'm not done with this yet so will give it a shot - thanks a lot!
More or less final digital version. Did quite a few adjustments from the original sketch, notably to the second L, overall spacing and stroke widths. I also tried connecting the two L's but it made them quite tall/too imposing, so think I'm going to keep them like this.
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Claire Coullon
Scan of a sketch I'm about to vector for something I'm working on. Not sure how the two L's will work together, but I'll probably loosen up that part a little bit anyway as it seems a little cramped.
about 1 year ago
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Pavel Maček
I think that the way you handled the two L's is great. Loosen up is probably good idea.
Good stuff!
about 1 year ago
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Michael Spitz
Looks great Claire!
about 1 year ago
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Sean McCabe
Love those "h"s. =)
about 1 year ago
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Julian Hrankov
Looks promising. Nice rhythm.
about 1 year ago
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Rich Baird
Wow, type is really your thing.
about 1 year ago
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Moeed Mohammad
Beaut.
about 1 year ago
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Aurélien Foutoyet
Oh yeah :)
about 1 year ago
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John Kane Smith
Hello Awesome
about 1 year ago
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Henric Sjösten
cool! maybe the loops of the Ls can intertwine, letting the second L be a bit taller?
about 1 year ago
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Sergey Shapiro
It's really cool! Agree with Henric about the second L to be a bit taller. And maybe the Hello should have more space between letters and be a very few bigger because the Method seams bigger now by its flow at the bottom. But it's great anyway and it surely will be better in vector and when you work with spaces lines thickness:) Great work Claire!
P. S. And it's not critique:)
about 1 year ago
I really want to critique this, but I honestly can't find anything wrong.
about 1 year ago
I like the 2 L's the most, it adds lots of character to this type!! big fan of your work, it's always top-notch!
about 1 year ago
Looks Great!
On the M swash, you may want to make thinner the part under the "et", and bolder the part under "od".
about 1 year ago
Lovely! I wonder if the first L's top can circle back to form the loop of the 2nd L?
about 1 year ago
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Martin Gross
Really nice concept. Like your works. If I knew so well as I draw I would be happy...
about 1 year ago
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Milosz Klimek
Nice flow, Claire. Maybe m's leg should go more smoothly to the right.
about 1 year ago
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Claire Coullon
Wow, thanks very much for all the kind and thoughtful comments! I really appreciate it.
Tweaking the vectored version at the minute. I've made the second L a little bit taller (thanks Henric and Sergey) and spaced out 'Hello' which makes it look more balanced next to the second word, so great suggestions there.
Smoothing out the right M leg a little bit too (good call Milosz) and adjusted the stroke widths on the swash (thanks Pablo!)
Connecting/intertwining the L's is a really interesting suggestion that I hadn't thought of at all. I'm going for a really natural flow following the letter shapes created out of very quick freeform sketches, which is where the current L's came from. That said, I'm not done with this yet so will give it a shot - thanks a lot!
about 1 year ago
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Mike Stezycki
Wow, this is looking fab!
about 1 year ago
Looks great!
about 1 year ago
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Claire Coullon
Thanks a lot Mike and Bilal, glad to hear it!
about 1 year ago
Beautiful as always Claire
about 1 year ago
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Claire Coullon
Thank you Chris, appreciate it!
about 1 year ago
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by Claire Coullon
More or less final digital version. Did quite a few adjustments from the original sketch, notably to the second L, overall spacing and stroke widths. I also tried connecting the two L's but it made them quite tall/too imposing, so think I'm going to keep them like this.
about 1 year ago
So, do you create all your typography from scratch? Or do you find inspiration from fonts and then modify from there?
19 days ago