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Stranger things happen at sea

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by house of aces
A little bit of illustrated typography for you folks, and after all, never trust an ocotpus!
ginetteginette
   ginetteginette on Apr 10 '09
could have been even more lovely if you hadn't repeated exact letters but had redrawn them slightly different (especially where it is obviously copy pasted like the 'pp' in 'happen').

it's always best to draw out the whole message letter by letter than try and emulate an already existing font.
Captainteeshirt
Captainteeshirt on Apr 10 '09
I love this!! Illustrated type rules the waves! It doesn't bother me about the repeated letters...I love the use of an anchor at the letter t and your octopus pondering the boat has a wonderful expression! Well done!!
JohnnySunglasses
JohnnySunglasses on Apr 10 '09
ginetteginette on Apr 10 '09

could have been even more lovely if you hadn't repeated exact letters but had redrawn them slightly different (especially where it is obviously copy pasted like the 'pp' in 'happen').

it's always best to draw out the whole message letter by letter than try and emulate an already existing font.



Precisely.
jplove
jplove on Apr 10 '09
Beautiful!
Skap 1er
Skap 1er on Apr 10 '09
cool type! but i agree with ginette & johnny
fayeAerial
fayeAerial on Apr 12 '09
who cares? this typography is amazing.
ginetteginette
   ginetteginette on Apr 12 '09
it is amazing-which is my point. if it wasn't amazing i wouldn't care about the added letters. it's because the lettering is so great that i wish it had been perfected.



so i hope you don't take our comments to heart. it's certainly not that we think this is bad work.
jax_t
jax_t on Apr 12 '09
very nice love the octopus
2 days later
daradeee
daradeee on Apr 14 '09
love love love hand drawn type. so happy to see it here!!
house of aces
house of aces on Apr 15 '09
Thanks for all the comments!

-I had originally looked at making each letter different, but I was worried it would make it too confusing to read ...I will see if I have my original sketches about and post a link.



...I'm glad the octopus is getting the love! -he was my favourite to draw!

cheers
st.montmorency
st.montmorency on Apr 15 '09
This design is perfect as it is, I wouldn't change a thing! $5
chocolate_buttons
chocolate_buttons on Apr 15 '09
Yeah i think it looks great as it is, don't over complicate things -I'm all about pirate shirts and hand drawn type so I think this could be the best shirt ever! $5 for sure
duchess_of_stl
duchess_of_stl on Apr 15 '09
i LOVE this font! SO COOL.
Arrow08
   Arrow08 on Apr 15 '09
creative type!
CazKing
   CazKing on Apr 16 '09
nice!
rurryann
rurryann on Apr 16 '09
love the hand illustrated type, its perfect as it is! $5
biotwist
   biotwist on Apr 16 '09
i wish each letter was unique
brainboxz
brainboxz on Apr 16 '09
I agree with ginetteginette but this work is too cool to ignore ;)

I love this

Please visit mine if you don't mind. Thx so much..
igotthecheeze
igotthecheeze on Apr 17 '09
I don't care! I love this shirt as it is! -I love the wooden planks for the a's -awesome
Francesa
Francesa on Apr 17 '09
The repeated letters make the type more legible. If they were all different it would be harder to read.

This is great exactly the way it is! Wonderful lettering!
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