I sketched some new letterforms and explored layering them with flexible embellishments. Beyond hand-drawing type, I explored clean type in this offering (and for future releases too). To top it off, I’m also offering a graphic metal swatch pack. Read about each of the new offerings below by heading over to my revised shop here.

Notch is my first clean, display typeface. It’s a nod to (and modern take on) historic industrial letterforms with two-pronged terminals, sturdy stems and an optional inline. Learn more about Notch and get it here.

HandSlab is a hand-crafted extended slab serif with charming touches and an optional block drop shadow. It’s a fresh take on a typeface style that’s recently had a small revival, and I wanted to take it to a hand-drawn place to make it warmer and more friendly. Learn more about HandSlab and get it here.

Jaywalk is a hand-drawn rounded square display typeface that is balanced, bright and cohesive. It’s also got an optional line drop shadow that can be used to craft unique headlines and messaging. Learn more about Jaywalk and get it here.

Metal Swatch Pack is my first graphic asset pack offering. Earlier in my career, I designed a lot of signage and environmental elements, and found a beautiful pack of metal swatch bars that I couldn’t resist scanning in at high resolution. There are forty (40) metal bars scanned at 600 dpi as TIFs. Each file is approximately 8 MB, and could be used as repeating backgrounds in both print and web design projects. Learn more about the Metal Swatch Pack and get it here!.

Each download pack includes the black and red themes shown. Feel free to download whichever you like. Enjoy!

Phone Download: (Android, iPhone3 and iPhone 4)
Tablet Download: (iPad, iPad2)
Desktop Download: (27″ iMac, Others)

Over the weekend, a site redesign that I’ve been slowly working on with Adam Holzband (developer) for local Austin foodie legend, The Soup Peddler (client) had a soft launch. Check it out here: www.souppeddler.com.

The new website features custom hand-drawn illustrations that were conceptualized out of the soup peddler’s history of hand-crafting soups and delivering them by bike to hungry patrons. The story of this business is fascinating and inspirational. The new look that I created is based off of adjectives such as accessible, interesting (quirky) and family-friendly which are all part of David’s larger food (and brand) philosophy.

I also wanted to add that Prova was created for (and inspired by) this project. My intention was to sprinkle it alongside other hand-crafted fonts (i.e. Clumsy) throughout the site to create cohesion with the homepage rotator, functional tools and important information.

The minisite was designed to feature Austin Eastciders’ latest beverage and their twitter stream on the home page, while the About Us, Availability, and Blog pages handle the heavy lifting of sharing the company’s info and news to their fans. All in all, I’m really pleased with how this project turned out, and grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with Simon on such a great new brand. It was also equally enjoyable to work with Ed to further promote and grow his local beverage company. Cheers all around!

I think it’s fair to say that I should have made this resolution last year, but I think now is as good a time as ever. I have the tendency to take on too many side projects at once, so it’s my hope that I can correct this in 2012. Here’s to the New Year, everyone. Cheers!

Check them out here: (1) Patchwork, (2) Blossom, (3) Artifact Series

You can follow @tstytrlrs to get updates on when the app will be available in Apple store, and see more of the work as it unfolds over on this work page in my portfolio and in this Dribbble bucket. Happy eating!

So, today we decided to launch a few new products for our Etsy shop, Satchel & Sage, as we continue to create for the upcoming holiday market! In summary, Morgana created some custom Christmas cards and a new feather print, and I made custom gift tags and some new prints based off my contour line drawings from my Pupils & Ink Tumblr.

Here’s the run-down of this first batch of new products, with links to buy them online:

Custom Christmas cards (set of 4 per pack, 2 of each design).

Custom holiday gift tags (14 originals per a pack)

Black Feather 5″x7″ Print

MAKE 8″x8″ Print

Artifact Series: The Writer 5″x7″ Print

Artifact Series: The Tailor 5″x7″ Print

Artifact Series: The Naturalist 5″x7″ Print

Artifact Series: The Lush 5″x7″ Print

Artifact Series: The Beachcomber 5″x7″ Print

If you want to keep tabs on everything we’re up to, make sure to follow Satchel & Sage on Twitter (@satchelandsage).

Also, I have to point out that the most “liked” contour line drawing I made during this first year of Pupils & Ink was of two Double-D batteries. Pretty strange.

Well, I started giving more thought about why I really started the Tumblr blog, and discovered that my real intention was to create a space that would hold me accountable to practice drawing on a regular basis. So, in order to mix it up and keep myself growing, I’m going to change the style and subject matter of my drawings every year.

For the second year of P&I, I’m going to dive deep into hand-lettering typography. I’ve been doing more illustrative typography in my personal and commercial work, but I haven’t really allowed myself the full range of play and experimentation that I think needs to happen. So, here goes nothing!