Kid Acne
This texture/pattern created by Kid Acne is what one of the features Oli admires the most about Kid Acne. These designs are used for texture in hair and for backgrounds, when i look at it I am reminded of leaves or curled stands of hair. I would like to apply a similar texture to type and maybe create type out of the strands but I can't really see how this relates to Oli's personality.
These are some more pieces of Kid Acnes work, both being from Sheffield, Oli can relate to the terms used on these prints. He actually listed a Kid Acne screen print as his most priced possession. It's still going to be relate this to Oli's personality because its the sentences not the fonts or designs that show Oli's personality.
Pete Mckee
Pete Mckee is a Sheffield born painter and commercial artist who is best known as a cartoonist for the Sheffield Telegraphs sports section. He has created his own unique style by using bright colours in his larger than life, often humorous characters that inhabit a world of working men's clubs, bingo halls and family trips to the seaside.
This another artist from Sheffield is another favourite of Oli's. It's going to be extremely difficult to apply this style to a font and relate it to Oli's personality. But this gives me an insight into his personal preferences within graphic design and also into the culture he immerses himself in.
Wes Wilson
This is another one of Oli's favourite artists, Wes Wilson is one of the leading designers of psychedelic poster art. Typography is heavily involved in each of his posters meaning this is a great starting point for my ideas. However, each of his designs uses a unique manipulated font which follows contours and lines of the images which gives it that psychedelic feel. Therefore I will have to design a uniform typeface that works together no matter what the word is. I feel that by using Wes Wilson as inspiration it gives me a lot more freedom with the typeface as I don't have to be as intricate and precise but more free flowing and illustrative. Oli also loves paisley and the mod culture, I thought that if I collaborated the 3 features Kid Acne pattern, Wes Wilson style font and Paisley I will hopefully create a hybrid font that illustrates Oli's personality and interests.
Above are just a few examples of paisley, i'm not really interested in the contents and what's inside. I'm more interested in the shape and outline because eventually I hope to fill them with the Kid Acne pattern.