Two mots-images by Jean Alessandrini, thanks to design et typo Combining animals with letters is an old idea, but still as fun as always, and open to endless variations. Today's selection includes both hand-lettered and typographic creatures, and even three-dimensional ones. Ancient Chinese figure-inscription of an Ox designed to discourage people from eating meat and The Bear by Johann Leonhard Frisch, c.1700, thanks to Retro Graphic Design + Ernst Keller, 1949 Tom Carnase via the Graphic…

All about trees

An overdue post. Plus it has been an age since I have posted something illustrator related. You may remember this post Pick Me Up: Contemporary Graphic Art. Well, that was where I saw the most brilliant and intricate illustrations by Sara A. King. I ended up purchasing the last image of Jacques Cousteau. She is seriously one of the most talented illustrators that I have seen of late. Click on each image to see the detail, it really is amazing the amount of detail she puts into her work. The…

On these streets, rhyme met rhythm.

Portraits — Sarah King

Drawing by Sarah King (http://www.sarahaking.com)

Posts about Typography written by Karen Blackerby

Queen Anne is just the beginning.