86era http://www.86era.org/blog art, sketches, graphics & thoughts Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:27:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Adventures in pen & ink – calligraphy studies http://www.86era.org/blog/lettering/adventures-in-pen-ink-calligraphy-studies http://www.86era.org/blog/lettering/adventures-in-pen-ink-calligraphy-studies#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:49:18 +0000 maxwell lord http://www.86era.org/blog/?p=446 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… calligraphy_studies_6 calligraphy_studies_5 calligraphy_studies_4 calligraphy_studies_3 calligraphy_studies_2 calligraphy_studies_1 calligraphy_studies_7

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!

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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.

Nike x 86era - Manchester United

Nike x 86era - Juventus

Nike x 86era - Corinthians Paulista

For Corinthians design I was also asked to render this eagle’s clutch below:

Nike x 86era - Corinthians Paulista (extra)

Working with Nike was a really useful experience. I never sketched so many variants of different ideas/concepts before —  I had hundreds of paper sheets filled with all sorts of drawings lying literally all around my room for like 3 or 4 weeks.

I scanned pre-ink sketches of the first two designs and some of the most interesting concepts for ya’ll sketch & type lovers out there! Check it:

Nike x 86era - Manchester United (pre-ink sketch)

Here’s my MUFC with “brutal tattoo”  interpretation of the script, rejected:

Nike x 86era - Manchester United (pre-ink sketch, rejected)

Nike x 86era - Juventus (pre-ink sketch)

Some tasty concepts, rejected variants and test renders:

Nike x 86era - sketched goodies

Hope you enjoyed looking through those pieces! Thank you for watching & make sure you set a bookmark to come check my blog later for more goodness!

]]> http://www.86era.org/blog/lettering/nike-football-t-shirt-designs/feed 2 Desired Hearts × 86era T-shirts http://www.86era.org/blog/buyable/desired-hearts-x-86era-t-shirts http://www.86era.org/blog/buyable/desired-hearts-x-86era-t-shirts#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:10:23 +0000 maxwell lord http://www.86era.org/blog/?p=363 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.”

4 t-shirt graphics inside the post

Concept & ideas: Roby Fitzhenry & Maxwell Lord.
T-shirts were scheduled for August 2010 drop but delayed because Desired Hearts HQ moved to Houston, TX earlier this year. The line will be available anytime soon, keep your eyes on desiredhearts.com and my blog!

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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:

]]> http://www.86era.org/blog/traditional/abstracts/feed 1 86era × Osiris shoes T-shirt design http://www.86era.org/blog/lettering/86era-x-osiris-shoes-t-shirt-design http://www.86era.org/blog/lettering/86era-x-osiris-shoes-t-shirt-design#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:50:22 +0000 maxwell lord http://www.86era.org/blog/?p=331 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):

]]> http://www.86era.org/blog/lettering/86era-x-osiris-shoes-t-shirt-design/feed 2 “Chevy” custom lettering http://www.86era.org/blog/lettering/chevy-custom-lettering http://www.86era.org/blog/lettering/chevy-custom-lettering#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:30:33 +0000 maxwell lord http://www.86era.org/blog/?p=321 Here’s something that’s been keeping me busy lately. You can find some more sketches inside of the post.

More stuff’s coming soon!

]]> http://www.86era.org/blog/lettering/chevy-custom-lettering/feed 0 Babyboss Magazine feature http://www.86era.org/blog/say-what/babyboss-magazine-feature http://www.86era.org/blog/say-what/babyboss-magazine-feature#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:58:08 +0000 maxwell lord http://www.86era.org/blog/?p=311 Babyboss cover

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!

86era in Babyboss: 1st spread

]]> http://www.86era.org/blog/say-what/babyboss-magazine-feature/feed 1 Desired Hearts × 86era “Pursue Your Passions” T-Shirts http://www.86era.org/blog/buyable/desired-hearts-x-86era-pursue-your-passions-tshirts http://www.86era.org/blog/buyable/desired-hearts-x-86era-pursue-your-passions-tshirts#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:50:32 +0000 maxwell lord http://www.86era.org/blog/?p=304 Desired Hearts × 86era - Pursue Your Passions

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

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

]]> http://www.86era.org/blog/inspiration/musical-inspiration/feed 0 Some Type of Wonderful 2010 http://www.86era.org/blog/linkage/some-type-of-wonderful-2010 http://www.86era.org/blog/linkage/some-type-of-wonderful-2010#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:55:43 +0000 maxwell lord http://www.86era.org/blog/?p=284 Get ready for

STW 2010 FLYER

click image for more information… and spread the word!
http://www.lifelounge.com/sometypeofwonderful

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