Ed Fella stopped by the gallery yesterday to drop off his contribution to Illustrated Type! Completely unpretentious and solidly grounded, he talked about his three-hour tour of the Huntington Botanical Gardens, his status as an exit-level designer, his thirty years spent as a commercial artist in Detroit, his preference to participate in smaller gallery shows, his trip to Europe in the near future... Basically, it was a surreal experience; I was having this kind of moment on the inside.

Here's a sneak peek of Ed Fella's alphabet for the show, rendered in colored pencil. We also have a limited edition print in the works, so stay tuned!

Fun tidbit: He decided to merge the 'E' and 'F' specifically because they're his initials!

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We're just 10 days away from opening night! Here are more process shots from Illustrated Type contributors—this time, from illustrator Kristina Collantes. Kristina grew up in the Philippines, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. Some of her clients include GQ, The Flaming Lips, Hi-Fructose, and LA Weekly.

Here, inspired by travel photos, she presents a milkfish bicycling through a soft mass of tangled colors. This will be Kristina's first time exhibiting a traditional media piece in a gallery, and is a taste of what to expect from her first solo art show!

Congratulations, Kristina, and thank you for sharing! 

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Jing Wei was born in a sub-provincial city in China and raised in the suburbs of Northern California. In the fall of 2004, she attended the Rhode Island School of Design and developed a great affinity for printmaking, snow, and pizza. Jing currently resides in Brooklyn, with one cat and two humans. Her previous clients include The Believer, Bitch, McSweeney's, and NPR. 

Jing has provided us with some lovely process photos of her alphabet—starting with the drawing on tracing paper, then transferred onto a board, being carved away, and finally, printed. Thank you for taking the time to send these over, Jing! Loving your alphabet forest!

 





 
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Images provided by Jing Wei. 

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Andrea Innocent is no stranger to Nucleus; she’s exhibited her quirky, bizarre, Asian-inspired work in Sweet Streets II, ICON6: A Labor of Line, and Power in Numbers. We’re excited to have her back in the gallery for Illustrated Type!

Andrea’s piece for Illustrated Type draws inspiration from onomatopoeic Japanese words, and also from children's author and illustrator Richard Scarry's books. This illustration—rendered with pencil, charcoal, and Japanese pigment ink—is part of a new series of work for a solo show in Melbourne, Australia, set to open later this year! Congratulations, Andrea!





 
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Images from Andrea Innocent's website. 

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Teagan White’s drawings are the kinds of drawings that make me curse out loud, because they’re ALL so detailed and dynamic. She’s an up-and-coming freelance designer and illustrator from Chicago, currently a student at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Intricate linework, naturalistic rendering, and subdued color are integral to her visual identity, while a fascination with natural history, antiquities, and mortality drives the content of her work.

Here’s her contribution to Illustrated Type. For this piece, Teagan was inspired by the cyclical pattern of life and death, and how the ampersand as a mark suggests continuation and eternity in both meaning and visual form. Holy ampersand!


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And here are some of her past projects—enjoy!


Quote from "The Art of Looking Sideways" by Alan Fletcher.





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Images from Teagan White's website.

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