Home(working)

The homework is in progress. Reading and drawing.
I already have everything ready to take off to Reading in September. After weeks of running from doing the passport, getting the health card, I finally have almost 100% of things done. I already have a room in a very nice house with other MA students!
So, after all that business, I am finally drawing something more, at the Studio DSTYPE at Matosinhos, Portugal, where my professor of Typography at ESAD open his studio doors and gave the opportunity to share his space and knowledge. And also Pedro Leal, who already has a very successful typeface named Mafra.
I'm struggling and remembering Fontlab!
It will be just for a couple of weeks more to shake off the vacations mode!
I hope the work is more or less with a good appearance to show you in the beginning of September.
One thing I have already have noticed, or felt, is that working with typography, at a foundry has nothing to do with the work in a design studio, is different, more precise, more focused on what the client needs, is solving a real specific problem. I like that, this kind of approach takes me again to the way of thinking of the architect.
I will post another text about that.

Homework

Augusts is being a very warm month, here in Porto! I profit the beach close to my house, and try to keep in store some of the sun, that won't be so much when go to Reading.
In the morning I go for a walk, or a bike ride, and then an hour at the beach, and in the afternoon, I do some of the homework.
And has we can see everything starts early!
Meanwhile I finished my BA at Esad!
Right now I am happy on vacations, with preparation for the year at Reading, logistics, housing and stuff! But in the beginning of July, Gerry sent us some emails with lots of information, and also some homework!
I started to go on the books to read, got most of them right now to read. Read a few, and also some sketches too!
I went to buy some pencils and sketch books to hand draw some typefaces!

Some of the books to read before October.

Adicionar legenda

Want to come to the beach?

Gothics

Last Spring at ESAD we had really nice workshop on Gothic alphabets with Professor Dino dos Santos, it was very nice, to try the new pens. Here are some pics, enjoy.

This one are mine.