Swell

It's super swell to be a part of the Dribbble community!

I specialise in lettering and illustration, I do the occasional realistic pencil portrait too (mostly peoples pets).

Recently I've been watching a bit of television, mainly shows that use old fashioned themes. I took inspiration from the language and styles I'd seen featured to create this piece.

I started out by brush lettering 'Swell' a few times in different types of brush pen to get the style that I wanted. I then traced over the brush pen in pencil so I could tighten up a couple of areas, and refine it just a little further. Finally, I vectored over my pencil outline, added colour and created a patterned background reminiscent of the 1950's.

I hope you like it, it would be great to know what you think!