86era

I finally got myself new inks and a better pen-holder! *fanfares* Been practicing black-lettering and other types of fancy lettering techniques/styles for a couple of weeks now. I’ve scanned most interesting  pages so everyone can check out how cool and fun hand-drawn letters can be!

Those 7 pages are only about 15% of all the experiments that I did within last two weeks since I updated my set. Filled with some random words, mostly coming from music that was playing, a few fun phrases and whatever came into my mind when I dipped the pen into ink bottle…

Since I need more practice, I’m thinking of throwing a drawing session where you can ask me via my facebook page to draw something. Your name, for example, or some clever phrase or quote. Stay tuned!

Back in October 2009 I was commissioned by Nike for a series of t-shirt designs for Nike Football line. I was asked to come  up with three hand-drawn illustrations based on soccer teams’ own visual elements and my lettering/custom decorative type. The teams were Manchester United, Juventus & Corinthians Paulista.

I was waiting to post those up for a long time and finally — today is the day! Read full post for the designs and some sketches.

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I’m glad to present one of the best (art-wise) collaborations of this year so far —  the series of hand-drawn graphics for t-shirt mini-line called “Pursue Your Passions.”

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More abstracts!

I drew two squares/rhombuses and played with them in PS. I’ve been thinking of printing those but am still not sure about the colors. So if you got any fresh ideas in what colors (besides b/w) those two pieces should be printed — let me know! better with jpg-previews :)

UPD: black and white version is the most popular suggestion so far:

I had an opportunity to work with the Osiris shoes brand this year. I was asked to bring the “Osiris” lettering and corporate logo in the same decorated style. Here’s the result (sketches in pen and pencil are inside the post):

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Here’s something that’s been keeping me busy lately. You can find some more sketches inside of the post.

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Here it goes — 86era’s featured in Indonesian magazine called Babyboss Vol. 3 Ed. 12 (Mar-May 2010) with a lot of pics and interview (obviously in Indonesian). Thanks to Godot Guntoro for this inspiring opportunity!

You can buy this issue for only RP 30.000 (USD $3,33) if you’re around ID. There are some photos of my feature on flickr — don’t hesitate to check it out!

This mini t-shirt line is the result of collaboration between Desired Hearts and 86era. Stay tuned for release date & actual product photos!

Dimlite + Richard Eigner, «Kalimba Lifeswamp»-Improv from Ehstrawlogy Produkte on Vimeo.

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