Yep. Long walk to a short pun.

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This is a poster I made for the Super Precious art show on blockbuster movies. I normally post this kinda thing on my Tumblr (and I did) but thought I’d share it here as well. It was really fun to make and write, and I owe much of the writing to my friend and Super Art Fight co-host Marty F’n Day, who is much more of a movie buff than I am (I haven’t bought a DVD in about 7 years and he owns everything on Blu-Ray). It was really fun to write and make all the little parody jokes, and we actually wrote more but couldn’t fit them. If anyone wants prints, let me know and I’ll post them on HilariAwesome.com (the online store of The System).

It was really fun to play with all the tropes of movie posters. The over-done grit and all the tiny type at the bottom (which is both funny writing and in Univers Ultra-Condensed). I’m mainly proud of all the texture on it, that’s not a style any client ever asks for so it’s fun to have a chance to experiment with stuff like this.

I’d happily do another parody movie poster, and am looking for ideas! Feel free to write quotes to use or movie ideas in the comments, I might use them.

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The System 354: Linotype

I was getting sick of all that Helvetica all the time, thought I’d try a new style to start the new month. What do you think?

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Thanks to Systemic Christina for the link.  And it’s even a steampunk book cover! Via BoingBoing. LINK »

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The System 329: Titles

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I think it’s safe to say we’re all design geeks here. Well maybe not “all” but at least “the ones who bother to read the posts that go under the comics sometimes”. A while back there was a blog that started making the rounds called Letters of Note that showed famous letters from history in their original form, on their original letterhead. This is like that site, but without all that historical content gobbletygook in the middle. It’s just the letterhead paper itself without all that crap on it bogging down the designy awesomeness (or sometimes unawesomeness, find the Scientologist letterhead). LINK.

Sidenote: It’s funny how sites like this spread. I’ve seen it on VSL, Kottke, and Daily Heller in the last few days. Not to mention all over The Twitters. If you ever spot something awesome, let me know somehow (systemcomic at gmail, comment on the site, Twitter, etc). Some day maybe I’ll post something first instead of last.

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So there’s a book out there called Pictorial Websters. To put it simply, it’s a book of artwork from the engravings of Websters from the 1800’s. In other words, a look into the past. But as this video shows, it’s really a work of love and art. If you’re a book designer, print designer, print maker, book binder, or just like cool shit, you’ll be entranced in this video about it’s 10-year creation as I have been.

Pictorial Webster’s: Inspiration to Completion from John Carrera on Vimeo.

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Are you a fan of print design?  Then THIS is the blog for you!  I love how thorough they are about giving statistics about paper stock, sizing, and printing process.  Link.

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