Garrette Daugherty’s Obsessions Book

Obsessions Book Garrette Daugherty | 2012 An exploration of things I love

GDdesign Publishing Saint Louis, Missouri December 1, 2012

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Copyright © 2012Garrette Daugherty

This book is dedicated to my family. Not just my biological family but my graphic design family as well. I would not be what I am now if it was not for all of you.

Contents Graffiti | Street art lettering 1–2 Puppet 3–4 Stan 5–6 Sirek 7–8 Lady Diva 9–10 Jorz 11–12 Inkie 13–14 MadC 15–16 Fisek 17–18 Dem 189 19-20 Rime

Design | Typography 23–24 Erik (Hand Drawn) 25–26 Erik (Digital) Team Collaboration 27–28 Erik (Hand Drawn)

My obsession is active lettering and the connection between graffiti and street art with typography. Personally I come from a very studio art driven background. Coming from that type of background I use many different forms than that of a designer that has purely had a design background. What I really enjoy doing is taking those “artsy” elements from drawing and paint-ing, and transforming them into work for design, and using those forms as design. A lot of designers and artists would like to think that their individual works are very different; I believe that is completely wrong. There are so many relations between “art” and “design”. This book was created in an effort to show the relations between graffiti and street art design around the world with graphic design typography. How these two are becoming more and more related as designers step into the world of things like “calligraffiti” is very interesting to me. I want this book to feature several examples of street art and typography so that myself and others can further analyze the relationship between the two, but also I want this book to be able to be picked up and evoke inspiration for myself in the future. Having this book in the future means that I myself and maybe someone else will have a tool to use to get back on the right track. I can only hope that everyone enjoys this topic as much as I do. Thank you and enjoy.

IntroductionObsessions | Active lettering

Graffiti | Street art lettering

Chapter One

1 Graffiti Lettering | Obsessions

2

Puppet Stockholm, SwedenCrew member of NOW!

Popular for “gridstyle”

lettering; a unique

multidimensional form.

Obsessions | Graffiti Lettering

3 Graffiti Lettering | Obsessions

4

StanNizhniv Novgorod, RussiaCrew member of 4R Urban Roots

Designs many letter

forms from Latin alphabets.

Not meant to be readable.

Obsessions | Graffiti Lettering

5 Graffiti Lettering | Obsessions

6

Sirek Valladolid, SpainCrew member of VTM

Follows New York

old school style.

Master of steady

outlines and color.

Obsessions | Graffiti Lettering

7 Graffiti Lettering | Obsessions

8

Lady DivaAuckland, New ZealandCrew member of TMD

Started in 1998, was one

of the first female graffiti

writers in Auckland.

Displays curvy and “girly”

line work.

Obsessions | Graffiti Lettering

9 Graffiti Lettering | Obsessions

10

Jorz Melbourne, AustraliaCrew member of Rock Da City

Very old school writer.

Often draws out

letters twenty times

before he is satisfied.

Obsessions | Graffiti Lettering

11 Graffiti Lettering | Obsessions

12

InkieCrew member ofCrime Inc

Inspired by Art Nouveau

formations and cartoon

animation as a combined

force to create letter forms

and illustration.

Obsessions | Graffiti Lettering

13 Graffiti Lettering | Obsessions

14

MadC Halle, GermanyCrew member of Bandits,The Walnuts, and Stick Up kids.

Almost all pieces by

MadC are large scale.

She enjoys large walls

and focuses on detail.

Obsessions | Graffiti Lettering

15 Graffiti Lettering | Obsessions

16

FisekSantiago, ChileCrew member of CWP,CEC, and ST Grounder

Passionate about Wildstyle.

Very interlocked letter

design. Often difficult to

read but very dynamic.

Obsessions | Graffiti Lettering

17 Graffiti Lettering | Obsessions

18

Dem 189 Paris, FranceCrew member of LBD

Dedicates his work to

his travels and many

“travel sketchbooks”. The

world is his playground.

Obsessions | Graffiti Lettering

19 Graffiti Lettering | Obsessions

20

RIME New York City, USACrew member of MSK

Known as Jersey Joe.

Teaches graffiti art to

kids in LA.

Obsessions | Graffiti Lettering

Design | Typography

Chapter Two

23

Erik MarinovichDuetchland

Be Prepared

Design | Typography

24

Erik MarinovichSnow Boots

Typography | Design

25

Eirk MarinovichDon’t worry baby

Eirk MarinovichStrokes

Design | Typography

26

Erik MarinovichStep it up

CollaborationDont mess with texas

Typography | Design

27

Erik MarinovichNever too late

Design | Typography

28

Erik MarinovichThe Fox is black

Typography | Design

I wanted to create this book to be a future reference. This will be a reference for myself and those who tend to get stuck when designing. Taking two things such as street art and design lettering, and placing them next to one another and analyzing just what makes them tick is a good way to keep fresh. This book will be a constant reminder to me that when you dig deep and make true connections to the meaning of your work you will get more out of it, and ultimately yield a better result. I will always love the relation between street art and design, I only hope that the love carries forward into my future to be even stronger than today.

What’s The Use?Obsessions | Active lettering

ColophonThis book was created by Garrette Daugherty under the supervision of Proffesor Jennifer Mcknight for Advanced Problems in Graphic Design One at The University Of Missouri – Saint Louis.

This book was composed in Adobe Indesign cs5. The type in this book is Cronos

Pro with 10 leading and is printed on white paper with a soft cover

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