Born and raised in New York, Jon Contino is a designer, illustrator, and typographer. He is co-founder and creative director of design studio Onetwentysix and menswear brand CXXVI Clothing Company. Steadily developing a reputation for his hand-lettering, Jon continues to blur the boundaries between traditional and digital design methods.

Jon has a great eye for balancing type with his intended subject and his use of color palettes always have a nice contrast between letter forms, illustration, and background. Perhaps what I enjoy most is the grittiness and small imperfections within the letter forms that really add a human touch to something that can often seem completely mechanical.

Jon is currently guest posting on Friends of Type for the week, so head on over there and check out more goodness. Be sure to visit Jon’s blog and other sites below as there is an abundance of great work to be seen. Enjoy!

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Alberto Cerriteño is a Mexican illustrator & designer who now lives in Portland. His influences have helped him to develop a recognizable and unique style. Hints of traditional Mexican art influence his management of rich textures and decorative patterns. These make for an excellent contrast with the blending of desaturated colors and ink, sometimes featuring a vintage coffee finish.

Cerriteno completed the illustration work for the video above and is the opening credits animation for the Mexican feature movie, “Rock Marí”.

Stills & Graphics from the video…

Character Design

I really admire the characters that Alberto creates. The colors are piercing, texture is nicely placed, and subtle shading combines for a fun and inspirational design that has a hand made, organic feel.

This is just one of his army of characters. Be sure to visit the links below for more.

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Alberto Cerriteno

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Hmmm….I don’t have a lot to say about Photographer Scott Moody’s photos other than the fact that they’re quite beautiful. Apparently Scott doesn’t have much to say either seeing as his ‘about’ section only says: “Enough about me….what about you?” but that’s alright, I keep going back to his photos anyway. If you really dig what you see, be sure to visit his website located in the link section below for more photos.

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Scott Moody on carbonmade

You know that feeling you get when you see great design work that strikes you on a personal level? It makes me want to draw. It makes me want to design. It makes me want to drop whatever I’m doing and create something. Well, when I found designer/illustrator, Adam Hill’s website my eyes glazed over and I briefly went into a design coma. I’m really delighted I found out who designed the Evil Dead poster (seen below) I saw a few weeks back. It’s executed beautifully and has certainly become a top favorite of mine.

Adam Hill is creating beautiful work out of Cape Town, South Africa. I honestly had one heck of a time trying to decide what NOT to post on this blog as I’m just impressed with all of Adam’s work. It’s not just a pleasure to stare look at, but the conceptual meanings behind many of his pieces are influential.

Be sure to visit his website and flickr account in the links section below. He has boatloads of fantastic work over there as well.

What do you think of Adam’s work? What’s your favorite piece? Comment below!

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Adam’s flickr

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