Researching artists: Erik T Johnson

Work type: Illustrator, Hand Letterer, Graphic Designer 


Used sketchbooks for:

The artistic blending of imagery and text, colour and style experimentations.


"I Love that place where type and art intersect, and type drawings really help me establish the mood/thinking about a concept, whether i include them in a final piece or not"

Heller, S. & Talarico, L. (2011) Typography Sketchbook, Thomas & Hudson Ltd, London.

The jagged edge applied with brush pen detail markings to the image of a wolf is applied to the text type too.

The ink theme is implied by direct imagery- the ink pot, and indirect imagery - the splotchy and wet marked colour blended areas.  The type is applied with this approach though the contrasting black is different it enhances readability. 

images:
Heller, S. & Talarico, L. (2011) Typography Sketchbook, Thomas & Hudson Ltd, London.