jonbee design and illustration
jonbee design and illustration – portfolio of John Burton
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It’s the second time I have been treated to a little bit of space in Design Week recently. This time for a project I have been working on at Cog for clients The Cogency and CreateKX. I will be able to show more of the project closer to the launch date on 22 April, but for now this is what featured in Design Week.
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I’ve been reading a few Cormac McCarthy novels recently, re-released with new covers in 2010 designed by the very talented David Pearson. A great use of typography. I strongly recommend reading any you can get your hands on and I strongly recommend visiting the site of David Pearson.
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I’m not sure I totally agree with the sentiment but this did make me chuckle this morning.
A little while back I thought train graffiti was a dying art but it now seems to be back with a vengeance, in fact there’s barely an overland or underground train I see that hasn’t had something scrawled on to it’s shell. However, with an apparent abundance of street ‘artists’ there seems to be a distinct lack of talent. I remember seeing graffiti as a kid in the 80s, and even into the 90s, and just being in awe at it’s sheer brilliance. Maybe that’s the “Curly Whirly Syndrome’ (you know, like when you were a kid and a Curly Whirly was the size of your arm – of course having nothing to do with the fact that your hands were the size of a 50 pence-piece) and standards were as bad then as they are now.
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You will notice I have developed a bit of a fetish for black and white illustration lately (ok, I know there’s red in there too!). Here’s another one. I have been toying with this idea for a while now, sketching out endless illustrations to get it to work. Turns out I was missing a trick and simplicity was the key. I’ve had a few requests to get it on a t-shirt; who knows, that might happen if I get enough requests.
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