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Just in time for new year, here's the newest update. This one has a slightly more formal look than some of the previous ones. It's kind of nice to make hand-drawn versions of sharp grotesk letterforms, sometimes they gain a nice liveliness in the process, I think the above picture is quite successful in that sense. I doubt the "2004" in the text refers to the date of the drawing but it could refer to the year I started my current job in. Made with only ball-point pens. Original size about 10,5 x 5 cm.

Happy New Year!

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I usually update on wednesdays but since tomorrow is Christmas Eve I figured it's reason enough to change the posting day just this once. This scan is slightly icon-like BrainStorm from yet another forgotten meeting. It might even be a symbol for everyone's hard thinking process for getting presents this time of year, if you choose to view it that way. Original size was about 3,5 x 3,5 cm so this has been magnified quite a bit. Made with same old ball-point and gel pens, though they look a bit painterly with the enlargement.

Enjoy the holidays!

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This is the second Sir Spend-A-Lot headline (first one here) although chronologically before the previously posted one. This time I left the paper texture and some other details visible so there's some context. Below the headline you can see glimpses of a calendar with dates and some expenses from a trip listed below them. I usually make some sort of simple graphic look for each page. The mysterious smudge in the upper right corner was a check to see of the pen worked. Made with the same pens as everything posted before. Original size is about 13 x 8 cm.

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I seem to have managed a regular weekly update for 10 times in a row now, not too bad. There's more on the way too of course.

This image is a headline from a work project unofficially codenamed Frank that was going to be updated, hence 'the new Frank'. Of course written in maybe-not-correct german instead of english since Herr Güüti is the one making these. 

Most updates so far seem to have been quite roundish in letterforms, so this may be a welcome contrast. I've used the blackletter-style letterforms also in my ball-point-pen-tattoo dictionary project, check it out at some-guy.net (or in facebook). Made, as usually, with felt-tip, ball-point- and gel pens. Original size about 9,5 x 9,5 cm

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Oops, I almost forgot about my self-imposed Wednesday upload day since I'm at home in a slight fever. Here is anyway a word written on a nice textured surface paper, I tried to leave a bit of the paper pattern visible in the black areas. This style might be worth exploring in a bit longer text and maybe with a bit less shading, let's see if I remember to try that. Made with same ol' felt-tip and gel pens. Original size about 8 x 4 cm.

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This time there's some black & white lettering - well, black and silver to be exact. It's of course very important to not slip any confidential company things into these posts since some of them are made at work meetings. As the above is a typical example of my notes my employer shouldn't have too much to worry about. As usually, this is made with felt-tip-, ball-point- and gel pens. Original size about 6 x 11 cm.

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Once again, some team meeting "notes" from work. I don't remember if there were any actual notes on the paper besides this headline, probably not. The meeting in question was apparently on friday. Original size is about 11 x 7 cm. Made with gel-, ball-point- and felt-tip-pens.

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Here I tried to do some old school round lettering with simple highlights and shadows. The square letters give some shape contrast to the round ones. Base forms were made with felt-tip pens with shadows and highlights added in regular ball-point pens and gel pens. Original size about 7 x 4 cm.

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This one was made recently at work, in a meeting about recruitment things. Original size about 10 x 5 cm. Made with ball-point- and gel pens.

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This headline was made before and during a late 2006 holiday trip to Barcelona. I tried to get all letters done with one line but of course the holes in some letters are separate. Made with ball-point pens.

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Sir Spend-A-Lot is a repeating headline I'm using while traveling to keep track of how much money I'm spending. Since these pages can be in active use for more than a week they naturally need nice headlines. This one is from early 2008 trip to London and Paris. Made with gel and ball-point pens.

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On the weekly work meetings I seem to get lots of lettering done. I trust someone else to take care of actual notes, of course, and concentrate only on the headlines.

"Palzu" means a meeting in sort-of-finnish. Made with felt-tip-, ballpoint- and silver gel pens.

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I'm starting a series of handmade lettering images scanned from my sketchbook and notes. 

The images will not be cleaned up too much to maintain the handmade look I personally like about these.

This text is a random note from the sketchbook for no real purpose. The flat letterforms looked like they could be "ribbonized" so I tested that. Made with red felt-tip and ball-point pens.

Logos

I made some Güüti-logo sketches based on an old typographic idea about there being lots of dots in the word. Here are some rough samples (screenshots from Illustrator): One and Two.

Welcome

I have been pressurized to start a blog so here we are. Actual content possibly coming also in the future!

Greetings from Mörkö as well!