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Custom Lettering | Logos & Branding | Traditional Gilding

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Andra Roman | Typeface

— Andra Roman is a humanist sans-serif I designed at Tipo Brda type workshop in Slovenia. It was drawn from scratch, digitised and spaced in 4 days. The influences...

Will Write For Food

— Will Write For Food is a freelancing writers collective. This identity is based on research of secret clubs and underground societies. It uses the mischievous...

Sazerac Bar | Lettering, Signage & Gilding

— Sazerac is a new bar in Tallinn and they needed a logo and traditional style signs in their windows in two languages – English & Estonian. The style of the logo...

Õlu | Salvaged Reverse Glass

— Hand-done vintage style sign for a bar on salvaged glass reverse painted in 1-shot enamels. And for those not in the know, 'Õlu' is Estonian for beer.

— A branding / illustration project done just for fun.

Signs | Salvaged Reverse Glass

— Extended warped Tuscan lettering with a perspective shade. Pencil to brush, all hand done and no computers involved! Reverse painted on salvaged glass.

Maxtraktor | Band Logo & Stickers

— A logo and sticker set for a band, Maxtraktor, inspired by retro labels and comic book headlines.

Lewis Does Signs

— Little 23crt gold sign for the studio, all hand-made.

— Gilding project done for fun using 23crt gold leaf and beer. Matte areas inside the lettering is achieved by using old beer as a size.

Daniel Heath | Artisan Surfaces

— A branding project for a London based surface designer. Daniel works with salvaged materials and customises them with vintage designs. And so the branding is based...

— Branding for a Tallinn based Korean restaurant. With the logo done in a brush script style. 'Gotsu' in Korean means 'chilli' and so a chilli silhouette is hidden in...

Various Custom Typefaces Pt.2

— A few custom made typefaces for various commissioned and just-for-fun projects. Find Pt.1 of the collection here. Poison Type was drawn based on some lettering...

Various Custom Typefaces Pt.1

— A few custom made typefaces for various commissioned and just-for-fun projects. Find Pt.2 of the collection here. Cream Type was inspired by an 19C Italian...

— 23crt gold leaf window signage for one of Tallinn's best hostels - Red Emperor. The outline and curving drop shadow were all done in Sericol PS ink before applying...

Kiirasaare Võimlemisselts

— A badge for a fictional Estonian sports club, made as part of an art project with the Institute for Aesthletics. The fish design is inspired by an illustration from...

— Reverse painted sign in 1 Shot enamels from a hand-drawn sketch inspired by vintage French type, with a two level drop and a cast shadow. 830mm x 230mm

Отличный Табакъ

— Reverse painted with 1 Shot enamels and gilded with 18crt and 12crt gold leaf. Based on a typographic design from colonial period Russian tobacco papers. Translates...

Paint to Please

— Reverse painted on reclaimed glass with 1 Shot enamels. Main lettering is custom drawn based on traditional English pub typefaces. Other hand-painted lettering is...

Ära Iial Kasva Suureks Icecream

— Custom typography done for a range of icecreams by the frozen food company Premia. The inspiration for the type came from hand-drawn titles in 1930s Estonian...

— Livo Display is a typeface based on headlines from Baltic German-Estonian maps produced between 1880–1900. Currently a work in progress, the typeface will contain...

— Script style logo update for a Tallinn based computer repair company. I did this while at Brand Manual, Estonia. Sketched by hand then digitised

— Reverse painted with 1 Shot enamels. Main lettering is custom type based on type from a Finnish banknote circa 1901. Other hand-painted lettering is custom script...

— Reverse painted on reclaimed glass with 1 Shot enamels and gilded with 23crt and 12crt gold leaf on reclaimed glass. From a hand-drawn sketch based on an original...

Võlumägi Õlu

— Proposal sketch for a local Estonian beer, using some traditional German fraktur letterforms.

— 23crt gold leaf window signage for the best cocktail bar in the Baltics – Frank on Sauna Street, Tallinn. The erustic bevel effect in the lettering was created...

— Some logo sketches done for Wah Wah 45s great London based band 'The Milk'.

— Reverse painted with 1 Shot enamels and gilded with 12crt gold leaf on reclaimed glass. From a hand-drawn and inked sketch. Original sketch was in Russian and the...

— 23crt gold leaf and black 1 Shot enamel reverse painted sign on reclaimed glass. From a hand-drawn sketch and inspired by traditional Russian advertising for kbac...

Slothrop's Posters

— A series of digital posters made for Slothrop's English language bookshop in Tallinn. All posters 420mm x 594mm

Red Letter Ladies

— Online poster campaign 2011