Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Ice Water by Juan Roberts

This is a typographical study of a new font to me.

Often times, when I am beginning a new project, I practice using new fonts to understand their capabilities. Typography is a love of mine. Since I was a teen I have love the shapes and configurations that the descenders, ascends, stems, serifs, crossbars, bowls, tails, etc. I find that I can create moods with type only. 

This particular font I love for a new project, however, these modern fonts, many times, don't follow the classic font rules, so I need to know that the font family can do what I need to accomplish.

This image came from a shoot I did of pool water, but it looks cool (to me). The font was very adaptable and worked well for the type of project I am going to use it for. More about the project later.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Fetish by Juan Roberts


I saw this ripped undershirt photo online and I grabbed it. The font is a wild classic French font someone sent me for a project. It reminded me of Henri deToulouse-Latrec posters from the turn of the century1800's. I augmented the title with the flourish.

The line "If you want some ... git some" came intruded into my studio while I was creating this piece. The new HBO Hardknocks episode 1 was on and one of the players said it with some flavor. It sunk into my subconscious. Viola.