Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

Some of the best things come from New Jersey, The Garden State, and this Hoboken-born son of Italian immigrants is chief among them. He became one of the most popular entertainers, if not the most popular, of the 20th Century. Portrait of the great...

Ballpoint Roman GA

Ballpoint Roman GA

Announcing the general availability of our newest font family, Ballpoint Roman; based on a sign painter's sample sheet from the early 20th Century and complete with some alternate characters and ligatures. The font family is...

Ballpoint Ligatures

Ballpoint Ligatures

Although watching a font being created in near realtime can be as exciting as watching the grass grow for most. However, we continue with the refinements to the Ballpoint Roman (née Regular) face with alternate characters and ligatures to extend and...

The Bear

The Bear

Rough sketch portrait of Jeremy Allen White and Jon Bernthal from the hit FX Network series, "The Bear". I wanted to capture some of the frenetic nature of the show using the two main characters: Carmy and his brother Michael. …with a very simple mockup...

First Round Completed

First Round Completed

Continuing my work in progress with the first round competed of the new Ballpoint Regular complete character set. It is based on a sign painter's sample from the early 20th Century; as such it was limited to the upper and lower cases, as well as a...

Ballpoint Regular

Ballpoint Regular

Work in progress on the iteration of the Ballpoint family; extending it to a regular version with a complete character set for all uses. Currently have the first draft of the upper and lower case letterforms. Next step is refine and balance these forms...

Ballpoint 3D

Ballpoint 3D

Complete character set of a 26 upper case alphabet rendered in 3D out of Adobe Illustrator with alpha channel shadow. Available for sale now on our Gumroad store. Have an idea or want to work with designomatt? Enter your name, email address, and message...

Ornamental Roman

Ornamental Roman

Announcing the general availability (GA) of the new Ornamental Roman font family, based on a sign painter's display from the early 20th Century that contains three versions of the typeface: OrnamentalRoman.otf OrnamentalRoman-Bold.otf...

Ballpoint Display, GA

Ballpoint Display, GA

Announcing the general availability (GA) of the new Ballpoint Display font family, based on a sign painter's display from the early 20th Century that contains several versions of the typeface: BallpointRegular.otf BallpointRegular-Italic.otf...

Ballpoint Display iteration

Ballpoint Display iteration

Continued development on the Ballpoint Display typeface; based on a sign painters font from the early 20th Century it will be a purely display family. Working through a variety of styles to complement the simple face but will allow for a robust set of...

Naru

Naru

Portrait of Amber Midthunder as Naru, from the fifth film in the Predator series entitled "Prey" and is a prequel to the modern tales, taking place in Northern Great Plains 1719.It is a great retelling of the confrontation between the alien hunter and...

Ballpoint Display

Ballpoint Display

New year, new font part II: this is a work in progress of a new display font based on an old font from the early 20th Century. It will be a limited set which may extend into some numerals to round out the set. Have an idea or want to work with...

Ornamental Roman

Ornamental Roman

New year, new font; an ornamental roman display font that is based on a sign painter's alphabet from the early 20th Century. Determining whether I will stick with just the display elements or build it out to a more complete font set with punctuations,...

The Terminator

The Terminator

Starting the year with a look back to one of the baddest bad guys in film from my youth; Arnold Schwarzenegger's as Cyberdyne Systems Model 101, also known as a T-800, in James Cameron's 1984 classic, "The Terminator".Have an idea or want to work with...

Happy New Year

Happy New Year

Reflecting on the year in the studio while preparing for the new year ahead, we are thankful for the lessons learned we have learned this year. May 2024 bring you peace, joy, and abundance for you and your loved ones.Have an idea or want to work with...

Stan Lee

Stan Lee

Celebrating the birth of one of my childhood heroes and an artist and savvy businessman who changed comics and popular culture; Mr. Stan Lee born this day, December 28, 1922. Born Stanley Lieber who started working at Timely Comics, which evolved into...

Preacher

Preacher

Portrait of the one and only Howard Stark, Dominic Cooper, as the lead character Jesse Custer in AMC TV's "Preacher".Have an idea or want to work with designomatt? Enter your name, email address, and message and we will get back with you as soon as we can