I’ve been working on new sample images for my fonts and as a result, I’ve created a number of background images that I figured I may as well share.
I started with Horseshoes & Lemonade so the first set of patterns is kitschy and fifties inspired. All files are in PNG format and can be used for free with no restrictions.
Download ‘em here.
Reblogged from typeworship:
Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself
Illustrator, Allen Crawford, has produced this fabulous hand lettered version of Walt Whitman’s iconic poem. The entire 256-page book has been drawn by entirely by hand with each page focussing on a particular verse.
Since it was published a couple of years ago it has since won two illustration awards; one from International Illustration and one from the Society of Illustrators. You can get a copy here.
This is so good.
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Favorite free item on Creative Market this week: 24 Vector Wood Textures.
I’m sure someone has tackled this subject matter before but a) I was in the mood for a quick dinbat font and b) thought it would be fun to try my take on it.
Bar Book is a cocktail themed dingbat and the letters are glasses, bottles, and drinks. The numbers are accessories and garnishes that you can use to create your own combinations.
The font is free for personal use and commercial licensing is available for $15. Get it here or at Creative Market.
A lot of Destiny playing has been going on in my apartment lately and after weeks of seeing it whenever I glanced up at the TV screen, I was inspired to work on a few geometric animations.
You can view the results here.
The code is embedded below or you can get it directly at CodePen.
See the Pen CSS3 Animated Geometric Loaders by Lauren Ashpole (@laurenashpole) on CodePen.
I’ve moved this blog around and tried out different platforms over the years and as a result, seem to have lost some links I wanted to hang on to. Links like these Google Fonts pairing resources. They come in extremely handy for picking out headline and body fonts for themes.
These are both pretty cool:
How To Create CSS Glitch Effect (ihatetomatoes.net)
CSS Animated Neon Text (freefrontend.com)
Some famous people have something to tell you, courtesy of Joss Whedon.
So I wanted to get better at using flexbox and break the habit of automatically typing float: left whenever I need a column and a new Tumblr theme seemed like the best way to practice.
Flexo theme is the result and it’s available in Tumblr’s Theme Garden here. You can also check out the preview blog here.