Handmade Lettering 25

This is the 25th handmade lettering -posting to the blog, tadaa! So the image this time is one I'm quite happy about (and have been saving a bit actually). It's from my Feb 2006 Berlin trip and inspired by a visit to the Filmmuseum in Potsdamer Platz and the nice Metropolis film posters there. If I remember correctly this one took some time so I was already back in Helsinki when I finished this. Or maybe I started this after the trip. Well who knows. The original size is about 14 x 13 cm. Made with ball-point pens.

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So then, I managed to miss two postings in a row. Oh well, at least I managed to use the previous wednesday for useful purpose: moving to a new flat. Still in the same neighbourhood, very nice 7th floor views (sort of 7th even though it says 6th on the wall) and much more light.

On to the posting then! This was made after the Japan trip so quite recently. I have heard of some other work places use Microsoft Excel too, so the main word here might be familiar for some readers. We probably were looking at some plans from an excel file so the word comes from there. The Someone is left anonymous on purpose. The color scheme is green-blueish for a change, many recent ones have had red-black so I figured some variety couldn't hurt. Made with same ol' same ol'. Original size about 6 x 4,5 cm.

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This week's post is late again, this time I can't even use the same excuse as last time. I'll think of a good excuse and post it later. This scan is from a Berlin trip 2006 (first one of that year). The drawing was too close to the wire binding so I couldn't make a symmetric border all the way around the text. The wire binding holes are visible in the left in case you didn't believe me. Original was quite small so the look may be more rough as some other works. This continues the black-red color theme from the previous post. Made with ball-point pens only. Original size about 4 x 4 cm.

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Oh dear, this week's entry is late! I should blame something for this. Maybe I didn't transfer my workfiles to my new laptop yet? Sounds beliavable. Anyway, on to the image: I may have mentioned that I sometimes I just pick up semi-random words from conversations and draw those. This time I picked "Thing" which reminded me of the horror film by John Carpenter (IMDB) and the 50's movie it was based on (IMDB again). So the word has traces from old poster lettering (in my mind at least, I didn't bother to check the actual posters for the films mentioned). Made with a red ball-point pen and a drying black felt-tip pen. Original size was quite small, about 4 x 3 cm.

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Güüti ist zurück! The Japan trip went very nicely, though there wasn't too much extra time and/or energy to draw lots of nice headlines. Some were done anyway, probably they will be seen in the blog in the future. Lots of nice new pens and stuff now though.

The actual post is an older one this time but keeps within the classic theme of "Paltsu". Might even be two years old or more. This was done on a separate sheet of paper without any other text so the actual date may never be determined. What an exciting mystery! Anyway, I like the different-from-usual limited color palette, should do this kind of thing more. Done with felt-tip, ball-point and gel pens as always. Original size about 10,5 x 7,5 cm.

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Sir Spend-A-Lot returns once again with a sequel to a previous post (here), made on 2007 Berlin-Copenhagen-Hamburg-Berlin trip. The red-orange text may not be as fluorescent as in reality since the scanner couldn't handle it or optionally I'm not good enough with scanning techniques. Same orange was in the prequel image too. The letterforms seem to be inspired by old signage, "August" may have some german old school grotesk type inspiration. Of course I've actually forgotten whether I had some actual influences here or if I just pulled these out of my head. Original size about 12,5 x 9,5 cm. Made with the usual things except felt-tip pens.

Güüti is going on a vacation this Saturday, off to Japan for three weeks! But don't worry, after that the regular updates will resume normally. There's new stuff to scan and old stuff waiting for upload. And probably Japan will offer plenty of nice visuals to be later seen here too. See you then!

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Valentine's Day is very soon so I use the opportunity to publish a suitable headline. This one is from work where we were planning some campaign materials for the occasion. The larger letters are a bit hairy, but I assure you it's due to the paper quality, no hidden meanings should be connected to that look. Made with the usual tools, see previous posts for details. Original size about 6 x 5,5 cm.

Enjoy the day in question!