http://www.joncontino.com/blog the design and illustration blog of jon contino Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:17:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en so i completely missed may, huh? not good, not good... anyway, please enjoy this as i gather a ton of my work to put towards a brand new website! yep! you heard it right!!! http://www.joncontino.com/blog/2008/catching-up/ at work we ordered a few blank skateboard decks with the hopes of decorating the office with something a little more interesting than bills and manila envelopes filled with this years taxes. we each took one and attempted to create something cool and a little representative of the overall vibe ... http://www.joncontino.com/blog/2008/attack/ smashing magazine (an insanely inspirational design resource for those who may not know) has just published an article about the lost art of handwriting and lettering. it covers everything from classical calligraphy to modern day typographic-based comic illustrations and does not disappoint in any of the categories. do yourself a ... http://www.joncontino.com/blog/2008/smashing-magazine/ as you can see, i have a new layout for the summer. sure it looks simple, but it was agonizing trying to figure out which lettering to use at the top of the page for my name. (i guess that's because it's the only real piece of the site that ... http://www.joncontino.com/blog/2008/new-for-summer-08/ before i begin, i would like to excuse myself if any of the following is nothing but gibberish. i've been sick with the flu for the past week and i think it has completely fried my brain. moving on... today's post is a complete walk-through of some of my latest pieces ... http://www.joncontino.com/blog/2008/brooklyn-letters-part-one/ recently one of my best friends moved into a new apartment and in doing so asked if i would paint her something to hang on the wall. of course i obliged and only a few months later (sorry!!!) i finally finished it. i apologize for the horrible photography, but it ... http://www.joncontino.com/blog/2008/sacred/ after a few comments on my color, i decided that it was indeed hurting a bit and decided to give it a bolder approach. thanks to kyle for pointing that out to me. here are the rest, side by side to show you exactly how the values change. ... http://www.joncontino.com/blog/2008/letters-and-colors/ i've always had problems finishing any drawings i start. recently i started working with a new method that i thought would help with my personal lettering/illustration pieces. so far, i think it's working out, i just need to relearn how to use color creatively. sometimes it's hard to get back ... http://www.joncontino.com/blog/2008/letters/ something drawn up for a project at work today. not much else to share right now, but i enjoyed how this came out and figured i'd post it. http://www.joncontino.com/blog/2008/new-new-york/ [youtube EF9e2ZVAapE] i love this guy. nothing groundbreaking here, but oh my god is it fun. http://www.joncontino.com/blog/2008/mario-drum-remix-redux/