Type Division
We decided to start this blog by showing you the process of designing the Type Devision logo. So here it is…
My process started with sketching. It helps me to get a rhythm and composition before going further. I did about 20 rough drafts before I felt that I had something to work with. I used a Faber Castell Pitt brush pen and the New Uni Calligraphy set with black and grey brush pens for sketching.
Then I started to develop the drafts that I liked the most and this is when I added some interesting parts to the logo like a TD ligature.
I chose the following sketch to go further with and started to polish and correct it with a Pilot G1 gel pen.
Below is the final corrected sketch I went to illustrator with for tracing and polishing.
After tracing a sketch I start to work with anchor points. The way I work depends on the final look that I want to achieve. So here I just deleted a lot of points and worked with bezier curves trying to make them soft and smooth, but I left some points to keep it rough and notched so that the logo doesn’t lose its handwritten style. I also worked with kerning and tilting.
This is how it looks with a minimum ofanchor points. Guess you can see the difference.
So here it is! Inverted version for your viewing pleasure :)
I did some tricks in photoshop with the final version for the blog and some other places.
Great to finally see that the blog is up and running! Looking forward to every new post, so keep ‘em coming! With coffee & passion from Sweden.
Hey Simon, glad to see you here, just let me make my coffee and cheer you:)
Great work! Looking forward to future posts as well.
Thank you Jeffrey! I hope you’ll see new posts very soon.
Incredible. I’m a huge fan and will follow up this blog!
Cheers from Brasil.
Thanks man! Cheers from Russia:)
Wow, great first piece to what will undoubtedly be one of the coolest blog’s around!! ; )
Thank you Martin! We hope it will:)
This is awesome! Excited to see more!
Thank you Justin! Feel free to ask for something you’re interested in and we will surely make a topic.
¡¡¡ Удивительный !!!
Chapeau, looks very promising. I love the fact that you’re doing this together (and how international TD is). I don’t really know what to expect though.
Hope to see some stuff you’ve made together.
Спасибо, Christian! Don’t expect man you can always ask for something special you are curious in our process about.
Awesome sketches and great lettering! Thank you for sharing the process behind the final design. It’s one of the most important things to develop in the proper way and one that needs a lot of attentions. Thank you again!
Thank you Mattia! I’m glad if my topic may be useful and interesting!
Awesome! Great to see the process of the logo.
Thank you José!
Simple and elegant. My exact cup of tea. The best of luck from Munich.
Cheers David and you’re welcome!
I’m out of league here. Too much brain power on dispaly!
Wow! Great! Thank you for this small tutorial.
Thanks Anton! My cheers to Kiev:)
Fantastic! congratulations to all of you guys. I’ll be checking in periodically.
Thank you Rudi! You are welcome.
I love this idea of showing the processes in which you guys work. It’s inspiring to see how others work. Keep it up, as I’ll be back often!
This logo and description done by professional. That’s clear at the first sight =) Thanks.
Thank you too Julia!
Awesome blog guys. Keep up the good work :)
Great!
Сергей, очень красивая работа!
Поздравляю с интересным проектом!
Cпасибо, Ильшат!
amazing work and I love to see the process, thank you very much for sharing this and I hope to see more soon!
Hi
Great Work!!
Thank you very much for sharing this with us.