To Build an Ampersand
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17 Responses
Large View: http://seanw.es/EjJq
over 1 year ago
I liked it!
over 1 year ago
Garamond italics. Such a great ampersand – and font for that matter.
over 1 year ago
nicely done
over 1 year ago
To Build or Not to Build?!
over 1 year ago
Sorry man I took a bad guess.
over 1 year ago
I think it's pretty badass that @Isaac Grant ＊ couldn't tell that was hand rendered.
Do yo thang @Sean McCabe :)
over 1 year ago
Sean, you are ridiculously talented, and incredibly inspiring to me. Thank you for making such amazing work.
over 1 year ago
Amazing, work of a perfectionist.
over 1 year ago
Beautiful, Sean. Those guidelines are just excellent, love some perfect alignment. I was also starting to question the lack of pens in your last few shots, so thanks for restoring things.
over 1 year ago
lovely exposed!
over 1 year ago
Absolutely gorgeous! I love a perfectly drawn italic ampersand. Good job!
over 1 year ago
a beauty!
over 1 year ago
OHHH YEAH!!!
over 1 year ago
I can see you have patience!
over 1 year ago
Wow!
about 1 year ago
Rebound
To Build an Ampersand: Baskerville Edition
by Sean McCabe
Large View: http://seanw.es/FUJ7
Had a request for Baskerville ampersand, so am giving my "To Build" series another go. Before anyone asks, yes—the guides are legitimate, not "fake". This was entirely freehand, no tracing. There's some process shots at the above link (you can click them all to view large versions).
It's all about relational calculations and relative spacing. I make the guidelines in the building process to determine what elements should line up, as well as to decide on proportions. For example, in some cases I use the guides as a visual reference to see where a curve should extend to or at what point it should end. This is always relative to some other point or guide. This is how I'm able to recreate something from a reference with relative accuracy without tracing.
While some of the guides may seem superfluous, they're actually quite helpful as a reference and might let's me see, for instance, that "Point A extends to Point B, which is approximately 1/3 of the whole width across this bowl", etc.
I know this is a longwinded description, but I've seen guides get a lot of flack and wanted to show that they are not always BS. The ones shown here are completely functional and serve a purpose. Typically I remove guides in my final versions, however I find that many people like seeing the process.
Hope you enjoy!
about 1 year ago