David Carson

In this post I am concentrating on the work of David Carson, and extremely talented contemporary illustrator and typographer, who has done a huge amount for the graphic art community, his work in the grunge scene is legendary, and he is one of the most famous graphic designers of all time. The piece above is a prime example of his work, it uses a black and white theme, and really fascinating textures in the typography, and contrasting levels.

 I think the piece above is really interesting, I like the way that it takes a while to read and understand it,  and the chaos of it really triggers your mind to try to understand it, it would be interesting to experiment with word placements, and separating words into different layouts. I think that this piece is really important to the current project because it is almost like a code and is quite subtle. Also the font that he uses almost reminds me of a typewriter, and the background texture looks like the kind of paper they would use in the 1920s.

David Carson continues to impress me with almost every piece of his that I find, I love the complex shapes around the letters of his name. I really like the way that the white in the image is not actually quite white, its a creme, and the way that the drips fall upwards almost suggest a reverse of what is normal, and the way that the line between the black and the white is faded is really brilliant.

This is one of the covers of the magazine Raygun, designed by David Carson. I really like the typography of the title, and the irregularities in the title are really punk and interesting. The title Inspired me to create the 'damned' title for my own magazine, I really like the way that the typography on the left side of the page is some of my favourite bands, and I love the styling of the photography, its so grunge its brilliant.