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my obsession: nick mantia published by : mantia publishing inc . ,
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Introduction i– xii Various Book Covers 1–3 Eduardo Recife 4 - 7 Jackson Alves 8 – 17 Mateusz Witczak 18 - 23 Ginger Monkey 24 - 27 Xavier Casalta 28 - 33 Greg Coulton 34 - 39
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As far back as I can remember I’ve always had
an affinity for things that are hand-crafted. In a
world where everything is mass-produced and
over-saturated, something hand-made means
that it’s one-of-a-kind and original. It also adds
to the experience of the piece when you can look
at the detailed line work and imagine the time
the artist had poured into it. It makes the object
more sentimental.
I remember locking myself in my childhood
bedroom for what seemed like days on end
just drawing for hours. Usually I was drawing
something from a car or bodybuilder magazine
of my Dad’s.I’d use pencil and sometimes colored
pencils and would lose myself in the shading
and fine detail. I had taken art classes at school,
but most of the skill I developed was due to this
“practice.” Although, I never thought of drawing
as a discipline. I just did it, almost instinctively,
because I enjoy it. After years of pencil work,
once I felt my drawing and shading skills were
advanced enough, I began to explore rendering
in pen and ink.
Pen and Ink intrigues me for so many
reasons. First of all, and the most obvious, is that
unlike drawing in pencil, you are unable to erase.
There is no way of faking a steady hand or bad
line work. What also intrigued me about pen
and ink is the shading. Because you are working
in one solid color, often black, it is impossible
to shade from black to white like you can with
a pencil. So I began to research mark-making.
I quickly fell in love with the pain-staking process
of cross-hatching or stippling a drawing to make
grays. Later in life I would begin to pursue my
career as a graphic designer, and as I furthered
my design knowledge, I began to strive to find
a connection between this style I’d become so
fond of and high design.
A recent trend in culture and in design, is
the revival of the hand-crafted typeforms, often
using techniques from the 19th century. I believe
this is currently trending due to the continuous
rise in technology. The world has changed more
in the past 100 years than it has in the previous
thousand due to modern technological advances,
and many people today spend a lot of their lives
glued to the screen of their computer, tv or cell
phone. But there’s still a need that people have
to touch a physical object and get a sense for it
that they could not get by looking at a faximily of
it online. While some of these technologies have
revolutionized the way we live, others are actually
hindering us and our environment.
People who insist on hand-making things
recognize that there are those out there who
appreciate the process and the effort they
put into crafting that’s one of a kind, outside
the realm of a screen. This book showcases
designers who have made beautiful compositions
by hand-lettering with pen and ink.
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the broom of the systemAuthor: David Foster Wallace
Designer: Duke RileyArt director: Paul Buckley
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the best software writing Author: Joel SpolskyPublisher: ApressDesigner: Gary Cornell
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rendezvous with destinyAuthor: Eric F. GoldmanPublisher: VintageDesigner: Ben Shahn
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barraabas Author: Barros Ferreira
Publisher: Clube Do Livro Designer: Vincent Di Grado
Linha Design Brasil
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misprinted typeDesigner: Eduardo Recife
Brazil 2009
Atlas of Graphic Designers,
Maia Francisco
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notre dame magazineDesigner: Jackson AlvesSau Paulo, Brazil2014 jacksonalves.com
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500th issue Designer: Jackson Alves
Sau Paulo, Brazil2014
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popular mechanics Designer: Jackson Alves
Sau Paulo, Brazil2014
jacksonalves.com
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SOL Designer: Jackson Alves
Sau Paulo, Brazil2014
jacksonalves.com
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various hand-lettered postersDesigner: Mateusz Witczak
Warsaw, Poland2013
mateuszwitczakdesigns.com
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various logotypesDesigner: Mateusz WitczakWarsaw, Poland2013 mateuszwitczakdesigns.com
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masters of malt whiskeyDesigner: Ginger Monkey Bristol, UK2014 behance.net/darkness-whisky
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the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog Designer: Xavier Cosalta Paris, France2014 casaltaxavier.com
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call to action for prospective clients Designer: Greg CoultonParis, France2014
gregcoulton.com
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seventy Designer: Greg CoultonParis, France2014
gregcoulton.com
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mort lake Designer: Greg CoultonParis, France2014
gregcoulton.com
This book was created by Nicholas Mantia under the supervision of Jen McKnight as an assignment in Advanced Problem 1 in the fall semester of 2014
at the University of Missouri – St. Louis.
Pages were composed in Adobe InDesign, titles were hand drawn by Nicholas Mantia
and polished in illustrator. Endsheets are typographic sketches by Mateusz Witczak.
The typefaces displayed throughout are Amatic SC and Univers Lt Std.
Book of 2.
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