Dolores O'Riordan, the vocal powerhouse behind The Cranberries, was born 6 September 1971 in Ballybricken in County Limerick, Ireland. She was said to have begun singing before she could speak and has a lifelong catalog of musical hits and legions of...
Breaffy is the newest font from our foundry and represents a modern refinement on an oldstyle type. Inspired by the Cloister Oldstyle, we worked to modernize and expand the basic character set. Named after the village our Irish ancestors hailed...
Aoife is a font family inspired by a sample found in a 1914 book entitled “Art Alphabets and Lettering” by J.M. Bergling. It is a tremendous book with amazing samples of typography that were being used across publications of that era. Aoife, is Irish...
I recently had the horror of opening my beloved Polaroid SLR 680 to use for a day shoot, when I opened it up and heard a terrible *THUNK* – that is something you never wish to hear. I played around gently opening and closing it, but it continued to make...
I have reverted back to carrying a camera with me on most excursions. A real camera – a film camera. And, more frequently it is an instant camera of some sort; either a classic Polaroid 180 Land Camera or an integral film camera like the SX-70, 680-SLR,...
As technology moves forward, I continue to reach back to my traditional trainings from the now defunct University of the Arts (nee, Philadelphia College of Art); that's another story. At PCA, we were trained in all elements of the creative arts; from...
Simplí is based on some of our other elegant fonts, our love of the “arts & crafts” style, and the wonder of “what if?”. We focused on making a simple and elegant stroke-based set of characters/glyphs and expanding that to the full Latin characters...
Craic is based on some of our other elegant fonts, our love of the “arts & crafts” style, and the wonder of “what if?”. We focused on making a simple and elegant stroke-based set of characters/glyphs and expanding that to the full Latin characters...
Sonas in Irish, means happiness which accurately describes this font’s personality. The foundation of this family comes from an early 20th Century font from a marketing type sample from which we expanded into a full character set for modern use. Sonas...
While awaiting some feedback on project work I took some time to whip up a quick sans serif face based on an old logo from Tomorrowland, in the Magic Kingdom at The Walt Disney World Resort. Tomorrowoland has always been about the dreams of the future,...
Happy Birthday to The Boss, Bruce Springsteen born on this day in 1949 in Long Branch, NJ and one of The Garden State's favorite sons. Although I was born in NYC, and have lived all around the US with a brief time in the UK, I consider myself a kid from...
Some days you just need some time to play. This is an homage to not only Tim Burton's 1989 interpretation of Batman but also to the great illustrator's who graced the cover of "The Saturday Evening Post". From J.C. Leyendecker to Norman Rockwell, some...
Sometimes portraits take on a life of their own. The evolution of this portrait of Mon Mothma, played by the talented Genevieve O'Reilly, began in a series of the stars of the hit show "Star Wars Andor" on Disney+. I had been working through some of my...
Finished the latest portrait in the Andor, Season 2 series of portraits with Diego Luna as Cassian Andor. The series and the themes within the story arc are ones that ring very familiar to many Americans today. As we face a government that is...
As I rewatch Tony Gilroy's incredible interpretation of the Star Wars Universe I am struck by the great casting and how everyone has grown into their roles. Mon Mohtma is an original character from George Lucas' films so it was a tough gig to book, I am...
I have used Polaroid cameras since my childhood. As a teenager, I had a contract with Polaroid as one of thei artists; essentially an evangelist program to showcase what creative work could be accomplished using their products. Ever since Star Wars...
Tony Gilroy interpreted a magnificent Star Wars Universe that allowed the actors, like Adria Arjona, to shine throughout the series, Andor. The performance of the entire cast and crew created one of, if not THE, best interpretations of the Star Wars...
A new sketch portrait of one of the great comedic actors turned an action hero, Bruce Willis. His run on Moonlighting was stellar and he parlayed that into an impressive career as a leading man who seemed to enjoy himself in the roles he chose. As a...