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The Art of Hand Lettering

Handlettered word "Bravo" by Neil Secretario

By Neil Secretario


The Art of Hand Lettering is a fabulous archive of hand lettering for logos, signs, murals, stationery, etc. A new site so the examples are only from 2013-2014. A wide range of styles in black and white and full color, all beautiful and mesmerizing. This “Bravo” example is by Neil Secretario and was done  using a Pentel Pigment Ink Brush Pen, which I am ready to run out and buy.
Neil is a freelance designer and letterer in California who specializes in custom lettering, graphic design, and branding. HIs site is a bit of a tease since he includes only sections of nine examples of his work. They are still worth a look.
The newsletter is sometimes a single image but often shows a series of photographs of a work in progress. One series of nine photos from August 2013 shows Bryan Patrick Todd in a cherry picker preparing and painting a very big mural on a very big wall in Louisville, “Our City, Our Home”. A more extensive series of photos is on Bryan’s website.
The branding exercise by Tobias Hall is a mind-boggling example of precision and complexity. There are similar examples on his website.
Tobias Hall Handlettered Branding TobiasHall-2 TobiasHall-3 TobiasHall-4 TobiasHall-5 TobiasHall-6 TobiasHall-7
 
 

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