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Random lettering & rather weird drawings from my moleskine notepad. Leave a comment if you feel em :)

This is the first design I’ve crafted for Crem De La Crem brand. I’m willing to throw a series of designs for our collaboration ’cause I really like how they do their thing :) Stay tuned!

New article @ iLoveTypography brought my attention to this insanely gifted brother from Milan, Italy, who goes under moniker «Bean One». From what I see in his flickr gallery, he’s totally obsessed with letters and calligraphy and I must admit I haven’t seen an artist putting so much passion into every line before. I can barely find words to describe how awesome his stuff is…

Just take a look at those — pictures can say more:

There are some live performances available at Vimeo. Worth watching! He’s also on MySpace ;)

Something I’m working on @ my friend’s appartment:

Tools: markers, airbrush + acrylics. Still got a lot of whitespace  :)

I’ve finished working on one of my current projects recently — a tattoo script for my man Dan Browne, with whose courtesy I’m showing some of the earlier sketches and inking stages photos/scans. Check the final version in my gallery.

First sketch session:

I thought it was pretty interesting to show how the idea appeared and how it headed further, making it into something beautiful. Questions, comments? Welcome!

On a side note, due to the whole crisis fuss & not so stable income from freelance projects, I’m currently looking for a day job in my town, and the sad fact is some projects are delayed. I will try my best to quickly get back to everyone who wanted to work with me once I’m done with the routine :)

The first story of my body art experience goes back to 2007; prior to graduating from the university we were living & studying in the “second capital” of Russia — Saint Petersburg , where we rented a flat. So one day I decided to try new medium — skin of a friend of mine :)

More photos after the click…

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Rather old thing (I crafted it in November 2007), but I never really shared it. I’ve got my handmade customized belt buckle with “mx” insignia on it:

For those who’s curious how it was done: hand drawn sketch of my logo (since I don’t have a printer at home), a plate of pretty thick (about 1,5mm) aluminium, saber saw, a couple of rough files, broach files (to make edges cleaner) and the almighty sandpaper to make it look shiny. It’s actually glued on the belt buckle, and after some years of non-stop rocking this beauty it’s still there :)

Kind of an earlier attempt at playing with geometric transformation in Adobe Illustrator®. I’m pretty satisfied with this one, although there are a lot of those “vector tricks” that I haven’t had chance to try out yet… Though, as Guru of Gang Starr sang: “Experience’s the best teacher…” ;)

So, as a big fan of flat-billed fitted baseball caps, I’ve always been distressed at the fact that local girls can barely be seen sporting fitteds… Luckily there’s a plenty of hot girls all over the world who’s not afraid of doing so. For example, Strictly Fitteds has one of the best sections evah — “Caught in the Act”, where you can spot men and woman in all these sweet caps :)

Check it out:

Photos by Jesicka DeVenuta. Make sure to peep her flickr and tumblr — it’s really worth.

So I’m learning how to create letters with the almighty Adobe Illustrator…

It’s been pretty tough for me in the beginning — I’m too used to draw letters by my own hands, but there are some cool tricks (smart guides is a really good example) to make it easier. Prepare yourself for my vectors ;)

ps. I’d like to take the opportunity to thank Jonathan Connolly (of creativetempest.com) for his help. Hola, Jon!