Blog Archives - JOKE BOUDENS LETTERING

ILLUSTRATION & LETTERING

31/3/2021

I have my sketchbooks to try out new ideas. When I'm happy with it, I take a nice sheet of paper and do the whole thing over again. This drawing is my representation of paradise. The words on the left and right are translations of the word 'paradise' in different languages of the world. A lot of people ask me how many pigment liners I use for one drawing like this so I put it to the test and, although this piece is quite big (50 x 70 cm), I only used one fineline, just at the finish starting a second one.

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BOTTLE CAPS COLLECTION

17/3/2021

This is a - nearly finished - drawing from a collection of bottle caps. I only used 3 different sizes of black pigment liners. Why did I choose for crown corks? Because there's such a big variety of type in them. It made me reflect on the fact that every design, how simple it may look, is carefully thought of. And there's only limited space! I learned a lot about type by making this drawing.

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CHICKEN SONG

3/3/2021

A few weeks ago, I posted this drawing of a chicken. Now I finished my sketchbook page by adding the lyrics of a popular song.
" Aint't Nobody Here but us Chickens" is a jump blues song. Louis Jordan recorded it in 1946. Jordan's hit song popularized the expression "nobody here but us chickens" but the phrase is older. It's a song on an album that we bought in the first years of our marriage and I love it because it's a cheerful, happy song!

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