tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32238676595523391832024-03-14T10:03:33.249+00:00Ruth Rowlandlettering artist and mapmakerRuth Rowland Lettering Artist & Illustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534301556698251317noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223867659552339183.post-74771413031982550552018-01-24T16:48:00.006+00:002020-12-16T10:40:06.587+00:002018<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">One of my decisions this year is to streamline my online posting, consequently from this January, I've decided to post all my lettering and illustration news on my website. </span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I want to thank those of you who follow me on Blogspot for all your support, you can still find my news on professional commissions and personal projects by clicking through to my <a href="http://www.ruthrowland.co.uk/" target="_blank">website</a> and navigating to the relevant folders. </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you'd like to continue to follow me on social media, you'll find links at the top of the homepage.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">If you have any questions or need any help finding information about specific samples of work, feel free to contact me through my <a href="https://ruthrowland.co.uk/lettering-artist-about" target="_blank">website</a>.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wishing you all a happy, healthy and creative year ahead,</span><br />
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Ruth Rowland Lettering Artist & Illustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534301556698251317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223867659552339183.post-68214242075219326452017-12-21T14:33:00.000+00:002018-01-24T16:49:07.902+00:00Christmas Lettering for Country Living Magazine<div style="font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: 14px;">
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It's been wonderful to have the opportunity to create lettering for the beautiful pages of Country Living Magazine for another year. </div>
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Each quote is lovingly hand rendered with ink and brush for a warm tonal feel, it's a time-consuming technique but I hope it does justice to the many talented artisan makers and designers who are featured every month within the pages of this iconic magazine.</div>
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To get in the festive spirit, I'm showing some lettering from the last few months as well as the festive issue, photographed in a little make-shift shoot in my studio. I took so many, that in they end I couldn't decide between them, so if you'd like to see more, head over to the full project on <a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/christmas-lettering-for-country-living" target="_blank">my website</a> ... I hope you enjoy them.</div>
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I'd like to take the opportunity to thank all of you for your support over the last year. As some of you may know, it's been a difficult year for me personally, I'm currently on bereavement leave but I'm looking forward to getting back into the studio in the New Year and already have some interesting projects booked in for January.</div>
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Ruth Rowland Lettering Artist & Illustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534301556698251317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223867659552339183.post-50352280572420867162017-10-30T18:19:00.000+00:002017-10-30T18:46:37.458+00:00Hand Lettered Book Titles for Jane Fallon<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>By <a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/lettering-artist-about">Ruth Rowland</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I had a lot of fun working on these hand lettered book titles for popular author, Jane Fallon.<br /><br />Commissioned by Penguin, these fresh and witty designs were the perfect excuse to get my marker pens out and create some casual script to work with the photography.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So far I’ve created two titles for her novels, Strictly Between Us and My Sweet Revenge. The third in the series, Faking Friends, is about to come out in January (but if you’d like a </span><a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/hand-lettered-book-titles-for-jane-fallon" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;">sneak preview</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> of the cover, click through to my website … shhhhh!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thanks to everyone who followed my thirty day journey experimenting with digital lettering with an Apple Pencil on the new iPad Pro. If you missed the posts on social media, you can see all thirty of the hand lettered pieces in the new journal on my portfolio website.</span><br />
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Ruth Rowland Lettering Artist & Illustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534301556698251317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223867659552339183.post-31305006889331472072017-09-28T16:28:00.000+01:002017-09-29T15:21:16.984+01:00Thirty Days of Digital Lettering & Harry Potter Picturing Magic Course<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>By <a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/lettering-artist-about" target="_blank">Ruth Rowland</a><br /><br />JOURNAL: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ruthrowlandlettering/" target="_blank">RR LA Facebook</a> . <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ruth_rowland_lettering_artist/" target="_blank">RR LA Instagram</a> . <a href="https://twitter.com/Ruth_Rowland" target="_blank">RR LA Twitter</a> . <a href="https://www.bl.uk/events/picturing-magic-saturdays" target="_blank">British Library Picturing Magic Course</a></b></span><br /><br />I've recently invested in a new <span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="https://www.apple.com/uk/ipad-pro/" target="_blank">iPad Pro</a></span> and <span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="https://www.apple.com/uk/apple-pencil/" target="_blank">Apple Pencil</a></span> and I'm enjoying exploring the array of creative apps available for this impressive mobile device.<br /><br />As I progress, I've been collating a digital lettering sketchbook and I've decided to share some of the work on social media in the coming month as <span style="color: #45818e;">Thirty Days of Digital Lettering</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />To start off with, I'm experimenting with some of the <span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="https://www.adobe.com/" target="_blank">Adobe Mobile Apps</a></span>, which are included as part of my Adobe CC subscription. If you're interested in following along, you'll find these digitally hand lettered pieces posted on my <span style="color: #45818e;">Facebook</span>, <span style="color: #45818e;">Instagram</span> and <span style="color: #45818e;">Twitter</span> accounts during October (links at top of post). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>The British Library Harry Potter Picturing Magic Course</b></span><br /><br />I'm excited to have been asked to contribute to the <span style="color: #45818e;">Picturing Magic Course</span>, aligned with the wonderful British Library Exhibition, <a href="https://www.bl.uk/events/harry-potter-a-history-of-magic" target="_blank">Harry Potter: A History of Magic</a>. The Course is being led by talented professional illustrator and educator, <a href="https://twitter.com/sapland1" target="_blank">Sion Ap Tomos</a> with specialist help from myself and creative book binder and printmaker, <a href="http://shelaghmccarthy.wixsite.com/shelaghmccarthy" target="_blank">Shelagh McCarthy</a>. </span><br />
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Ruth Rowland Lettering Artist & Illustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534301556698251317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223867659552339183.post-48952196169659414432017-08-29T12:07:00.000+01:002017-08-29T13:44:15.256+01:00Hand Lettering for Can I Speak to Someone in Charge by Emily Clarkson<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>By <a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/lettering-artist-about" target="_blank">Ruth Rowland</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was delighted to be asked by publishers, </span><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Simon & Schuster</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to work on a the hand lettered book title for popular blogger, </span><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Emily Clarkson</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, founder of </span><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pretty Normal Me</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Over the years I've worked on an interesting range of book covers, you can see more of my hand lettered titles and author logos in the <a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/lettering-artist-publishing" target="_blank">publishing folder </a>on my website.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've been having a lot of fun experimenting with the latest <a href="https://www.apple.com/uk/ipad-pro/" target="_blank">iPad Pro</a> and <a href="https://www.apple.com/uk/apple-pencil/" target="_blank">Apple Pencil</a>. Much as I love my pen and ink, it's been interesting to see just how sensitive pixels can be …</span><br />
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Ruth Rowland Lettering Artist & Illustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534301556698251317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223867659552339183.post-33729758530823693592017-07-26T13:03:00.001+01:002017-07-26T13:03:45.742+01:00Bespoke Lettering for the Made in Yorkshire Logo<h4>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I always enjoy working on logos, so I was happy when asked by </span><a href="http://www.ledgardjepson.com/" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Ledgard Jepson</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to contribute to their designs for the Made in Yorkshire branding for the </span><a href="http://www.cooper-gallery.com/" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Cooper Gallery</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, Barnsley.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you're interested in abstract mark-making then you may enjoy the orientally-inspired brushwork I'm currently posting on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ruth_rowland_lettering_artist/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ruthrowlandlettering/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> accounts after attending a recent inspirational workshop.</span><br />
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Ruth Rowland Lettering Artist & Illustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534301556698251317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223867659552339183.post-7118145828602379752017-06-28T11:17:00.000+01:002017-06-30T08:48:18.701+01:00Lettering for Four Four Two Magazine Messi Issue<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was great fun working on the hand lettering for the July issue of <span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/lettering-for-four-four-two-magazine-messi-issue" target="_blank">FourFourTwo Magazine</a></span> with guest editor <span style="color: #45818e;">Messi</span>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />As with all magazine work, the timings were tight so I worked closely with the Deputy Art Editor as the copy evolved and the design was finalised, both to the satisfaction of the design team and Messi’s sponsors, Adidas. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was a fast and furious job but a satisfying one - plus, I know a lot more about Messi than I did at the start of the project!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you'd like to see more of my lettering and illustration for magazines, head over to the <a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/lettering-artist-editorial" target="_blank">editorial folder</a> on my portfolio site where you'll see an interesting variety of commissions for different publications.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As with the Tim Peake’s poster, real people rather than models were used and a zoo keeper, a town crier, a Red Arrows pilot and even Santa (yes, he’s real!) amongst others, stand alongside the famous astronaut. See the full set of posters on the <a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/latest-welcome-campaign-at-heathrow-airport" target="_blank">advertising page</a> on my portfolio site.</span></div>
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Ruth Rowland Lettering Artist & Illustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534301556698251317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223867659552339183.post-13465635191918378012017-04-24T09:14:00.000+01:002017-04-24T09:14:47.920+01:00Isabelle Broom Book Title Lettering plus Brush Lettering Demonstration<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Having worked on the title for <span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/isabelle-broom-book-title-lettering" target="_blank">Isabelle Broom</a></span>'s debut novel published by <span style="color: #45818e;">Penguin Michael Joseph</span>, I was delighted to be asked to work on more of her books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was thrilled to be asked to demonstrate and talk about my lettering work in the graphics industry at the celebrated <span style="color: #45818e;">Society of Scribes and Illuminators' Lay Members' Day</span> on Saturday 29th April, 10am to 1pm. As time is short, I've decided to focus on a couple of my ongoing jobs - Country Living Magazine and Heathrow Welcome Campaign. I'll be bringing along samples of these jobs and a selection of my other work to show and discuss, while demonstrating brush pen lettering.</span></div>
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Ruth Rowland Lettering Artist & Illustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534301556698251317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223867659552339183.post-64351478936980676472017-03-30T12:11:00.002+01:002017-03-30T12:25:37.314+01:00Spring forward with Country Living plus Paper Mapping<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The start of British Summertime means the clocks have gone forward an hour here in the UK, so with lighter evenings and the promise of finer weather, Spring-inspired news seems in order. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you’re familiar with the magazine, you’ll be used to seeing my tonal watercolour lettering throughout its pages. Designed to work within the page layout, the bespoke brush lettering complements the elegant typography but is still bold enough to sit across a photographic background. The work itself is produced by hand, scanned and dropped onto the page for fine tuning. This kind of attention to detail ensures the lettering perfectly matches the article’s colour palette and remains legible over any background texture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The restricted colour palette and clean design work well as a foil to the intricately expressive imagery. You can see the rest of illustrations, along with a larger detail view, on <a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/hand-lettered-illustrations-for-nebianax" target="_blank">my </a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/hand-lettered-illustrations-for-nebianax" target="_blank">portfolio</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Since the beginning of year, I've been enjoying playing around with imagery in a series of journals, which I post sporadically on my dedicated <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ruthrowlandmaps/" target="_blank">RR Mapmaker FB</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ruth_rowland_mapmaker/" target="_blank">IG pages</a>. A chance to flex my hand skills and experiment with new media, it's great fun and an opportunity to hook up with people with similar interests. Head over to my online accounts if you'd like to see more of the work ...</span></div>
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Ruth Rowland Lettering Artist & Illustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534301556698251317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223867659552339183.post-45251606253575134282017-01-30T13:01:00.000+00:002017-01-30T13:08:56.369+00:00Ruth Rowland Mapmaker - Equality Map for National Parks Magazine<div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My first thoughts were of the colour palette, I decided to keep this muted, to reflect the serious nature of the subject but still light enough to suggest the positive outcome of the struggle leading <a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/equality-map-for-national-parks-magazine" target="_blank">Read on ...</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The sharp eyed amongst you will have noticed that I have added the descriptor Mapmaker alongside Lettering Artist on my website. I’ve always enjoyed working on maps, so much so, that this year I have enrolled in a course at the British Library to explore their fabulous collection and study the whole concept of maps, from the most literal to the more cerebral.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So far it’s been fascinating and I look forward to sharing my discoveries with you. In the meantime, I’ve set up dedicated <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ruthrowlandmaps/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ruth_rowland_mapmaker/" target="_blank">Instagram </a>accounts focusing on my interest in maps, travel journaling and illustration. If this is something that interests you then head over and follow my journey. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you think you have an interesting map-related project, whether it’s mapping a journey, an event or an idea, feel free to get in touch, I’d be happy to talk it through. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can browse more examples of my work in the <a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/maps" target="_blank">maps folder </a>on my website.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was delighted when <a href="http://www.ledgardjepson.com/" target="_blank">Ledgard Jepson </a>asked me to develop some lettering for British Land’s extensive indoor shopping centre in Sheffield, UK.<br /><br />With 25 years experience of working with market-leading brands, Jepson Ledgard has designed an eye-catching series of campaigns to showcase the centre’s many attractions. With an eye for detail as well as the big picture, the creative team suggested bespoke lettering with a loose and contemporary feel, to complement the fresh photography and stylish designs across the site.<br /><br />It’s always encouraging when a client understands a designer’s creative vision and the result has been a series of stylish campaigns, marking Meadowhall out as a premium shopping centre. <br /><br />You can see the heart-warming Christmas campaign <a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/christmas-campaign-lettering-meadowhall-shopping-centre" target="_blank">Read on ...</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A big thank you to all people I've worked with this year, I've had some fabulous jobs and I look forward to teaming up with you again next year. If we haven't worked together yet but you'd like to - please feel free to email me with you thoughts on potential projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, the big question - have you been naughty or nice? However your year has been, I hope you're at the top of Santa's list ...</span></div>
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Ruth Rowland Lettering Artist & Illustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534301556698251317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223867659552339183.post-78094306766437046492016-11-29T12:51:00.000+00:002016-11-29T12:57:39.988+00:00Lettering for Kate Bush's Live Album - Before the Dawn<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was thrilled to be asked to work on the new album lettering for long-time musical hero, <span style="color: #134f5c;">Kate Bush</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Earlier in the year, I was asked by renowned music industry designers, </span><a href="http://www.stuartcrouchcreative.co.uk/" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Stuart Crouch Creative</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, to develop a range of hand lettering to work with the CD cover photography and inner booklet pages. I immediately immersed myself in Kate Bush’s music, from the early albums that influenced my teenage years to the latest magical performances from the 2014 shows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I decided to develop some loose brush work, not too formal </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">but still legible with a striated, textural ebb and flow that complemented the richly-coloured photography taken from the show</span><span style="font-family: "gill sans"; font-size: 14px;">. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/lettering-for-kate-bush-album-before-the-dawn" target="_blank">Read on ...</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of the perks of my job is being able to play music in the studio, so you can easily imagine what was playing while I was working on this piece ...</span></div>
Ruth Rowland Lettering Artist & Illustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534301556698251317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223867659552339183.post-11095529090908271552016-10-28T10:03:00.001+01:002016-10-28T10:07:02.288+01:00Lettering for Simple Minds Acoustic Album<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was great to be asked to continue my work for Simple Minds with some lettering on their latest album, <a href="http://www.simpleminds.com/2016/09/28/acoustic-2016/" target="_blank">Acoustic</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Taking the acoustic guitar as inspiration for the album design, </span><a href="http://www.stuartcrouchcreative.co.uk/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Stuart Crouch Creative </a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">asked me to create the track list in a combination of scratched and marker lettering styles, harking back to the punk era. <a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/lettering-for-simple-minds-acoustic-album" target="_blank">Read on ...</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />I was delighted to see the mesmerising videos created by <a href="http://www.ablemedia.tv/" target="_blank">Able Media </a>using my lettering. There are five videos, focusing on different tracks on the album. Here's the lead single, featuring a collaboration with KT Tunstall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif;">It's that time of year again, I couldn’t resist the opportunity for a bit more hairy lettering to celebrate Halloween - hope you all have a scarily great time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If this makes you smile, you can see more of my ballpoint pen sketches on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ruth_rowland_lettering_artist/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Online Update: Pinterest</span><br /><br />I’ve just set up a folder of lettering sketches on <a href="https://uk.pinterest.com/ruthrowland/" target="_blank">Pinterest.</a> It’s an eclectic mix of pages from my sketchbooks, featuring ongoing obsessions and late night scribblings. Head over there to take a look if you'd like to see some of what’s going on behind the scenes in the studio ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was a pleasure to work on the lettering and illustration for </span><a href="http://www.sarahbilling.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Sarah Billing</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'s logo commissioned by </span><a href="http://www.work-design.co.uk/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Work Design Creative Partners</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was delighted to work on the titling for the debut novel of author, Isabelle Broom published by </span><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Penguin Michael Joseph</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. Hats off to the design team for coming up with such an entrancing cover, I loved working on this loose brush lettering. There are more titles to come, so once I can, I'll post the set in the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/publishing" target="_blank">publishing folder</a> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">on my website. Meanwhile, for a quick hand lettered book title fix, head over there now ...</span></div>
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Ruth Rowland Lettering Artist & Illustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534301556698251317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223867659552339183.post-53932002053604080032016-07-28T14:30:00.001+01:002016-07-28T15:54:22.119+01:00Hand Lettering for Simple Minds New Gold Dream Deluxe Boxset & Country Living Video<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was exciting to be asked to work on the hand drawn lettering for the <span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/lettering-for-simple-minds-new-gold-dream-deluxe-boxset" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">New Gold Dream</span> <span style="color: #45818e;">Deluxe Boxset</span></a></span>. I remember its original release in 1982, Simple Minds’ fifth studio album, taking them from revered cult status to a chart band with hit singles and a full year in the UK album chart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've enjoyed</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> working for Country Living since their design refresh at the beginning of the year, providing hand lettered logos, titles and pull quotes for the magazine each month. Last week I was asked into their London office to be videoed in action with my brush pens. Unnerving but certainly fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I also have a modest set up in the studio for videoing, handling a pen and camera at the same time takes a certain amount of practice but I'm slowly getting the hang of it. You can see some of my self promotional work below for the July issue of Country Living.</span><br />
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Ruth Rowland Lettering Artist & Illustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534301556698251317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223867659552339183.post-62296251537883216642016-06-24T10:38:00.000+01:002016-07-21T16:54:56.451+01:00Special Issue Lettering for Elle Decor Cover<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I had great fun getting my brushes out and bringing a little dynamic brushwork to the cover of <span style="color: #45818e;">Elle Decor</span>.</span><br />
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Ruth Rowland Lettering Artist & Illustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534301556698251317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223867659552339183.post-34862448621352862992016-06-08T17:30:00.000+01:002016-06-08T17:30:34.180+01:00Lettering for La Passione Book, Album and Film by Chris Rea<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was delighted to be asked to create lettering for ‘<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Passione-2CD-2DVD-Book/dp/B01544QYZ6/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1465402896&sr=1-1&keywords=la+passione+chris+rea" target="_blank">La Passione</a>’, an artist’s edition of the classic album and short film concept by British music legend, Chris Rea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Originally released in 1996, Chris was always unhappy with the version released due to different creative visions between him and the label. In his own words, "making 'La Passione' how it was originally intended, although difficult, has been nothing but fun. We have been able to work with all of Wolfgang Von Trips personal film archive, which has never been seen before, and shows us how motor racing life used to be. This is illustrated in the documentary DVD contained within the book. New music and visuals have been recorded to accompany the originals.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was asked to create a handwriting style to complement Wolfgang Von Trips’ signature to capture something of his personality within the pages of this collectible book, which houses four discs within its cover. Hand lettered excerpts from the film script were counterpoised throughout with archive photographs and paintings from Chris Rea. With lettering featuring on many of its 70 pages, it was a challenging but rewarding job.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not surprisingly, it’s been well received by fans and I know when I received my copy it was a pleasure to open it up. So if you’re a fan of Chris Rea, Ferrari, Wolfgang Von Trips or motor racing in general, take a moment to check it out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you’d like to see more of my lettering for the music industry click through to the <a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/music-1" target="_blank">folder</a> on my website.</span></div>
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Ruth Rowland Lettering Artist & Illustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534301556698251317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223867659552339183.post-70711855083776830262016-03-18T12:17:00.000+00:002016-04-08T04:46:13.421+01:00Brenda Starr Mysteries Branding<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You couldn’t get a much more exciting client than feisty red-headed reporter, <span style="color: #45818e;">Brenda Starr</span>!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For continuity, this high impact, lipstick-red lettering has been taken across the Brenda Starr Mysteries website and book covers. It was specifically designed to complement </span><a href="http://www.jamesboyle.com/" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">James Boyle</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">’s striking illustrative style, with its lively line work and dynamic colours. One of my favourite pages is a glimpse into the </span><a href="http://brendastarrmysteries.com/starr-world/" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Starr World</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, a witty combination of lettering, illustration and pull quotes, introducing key characters in the series and bringing Brenda Starr firmly into modern world. </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It’s always a pleasure to be commissioned by someone of <a href="http://brendastarrmysteries.com/flash-blog/pop-culture-icon-brenda-starr-returns" target="_blank">Jon Salem</a>’s creative vision, his strong visual concept for the brand and depth of knowledge of the genre was an inspiration. </span><br />
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Ruth Rowland Lettering Artist & Illustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534301556698251317noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223867659552339183.post-10485051221626742432016-02-12T14:12:00.000+00:002016-03-12T11:26:50.736+00:00Love is all ... Logo<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">It seems appropriate to post some news about my latest logo design in time for Valentine’s Day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Commissioned by internationally acclaimed British designer, Rebecca Street, I was asked to develop a script logo for her new designer bridal wear venture,<span style="color: #45818e;"> </span><a href="http://www.loveisall.london/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">‘Love is all …’ by Rebecca Street</span>.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Aiming to give the logo a light and airy touch, I decided that a fine brush would give the freedom and elegance I needed. As with all jobs, I put together a set of initial roughs for Rebecca to view and we struck up a dialogue to develop the lettering and pin down the final artwork. Used online as well across printed packaging and stitched labels, the logo needed to be strong enough to work across a variety of media and at a range of sizes. Rebecca Street already has an established brand, so my lettering was designed to work neatly with her existing logo but can also stand alone if necessary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">See more titles and pull quotes like these in the <a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/248611/editorial" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">editorial folder</span></a> on my site, as well as mastheads, maps and letter-heavy illustration.</span><br />
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Ruth Rowland Lettering Artist & Illustratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534301556698251317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223867659552339183.post-51562458543235401082015-12-16T13:29:00.000+00:002016-03-15T21:49:30.100+00:00Album Lettering for Paul Carrack's Soul Shadows<span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It’s been a busy few months and one of the projects I’ve really enjoyed working on is the hand lettering for<span style="color: #45818e;"> Paul Carrack</span>’s new album release, <span style="color: #45818e;">Soul Shadows</span>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can see more on this project and my hand lettering for the record industry in my <a href="http://ruthrowland.co.uk/248603/music" target="_blank"><span style="color: #45818e;">music </span><span style="color: #45818e;">folder</span></a>.</span></div>
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