Elana Birth Announcement
Date
July 1986
Credits
- Elizabeth Resnick Design 10 Illustrator
Format
- Card 74
Type of Work
- Finished work 5481
Media
- ink 319
Techniques
- illustration 132
Dimensions
7 × 7 in
Locations Made
- Boston 44
In my early career, I learned hand-drawn typographic drawing by working in the Creative Lettering Department, Hallmark Cards, Kansas City (1971–72) and by copying reproductions of the work of Tom Carnese and Tony Di Spagna, lettering artists who worked with Herb Lubalin, to learn their drawing techniques.
My process began with a pencil drawing, often on graph paper, then retraced on translucent vellum. Once the sketch was refined, I used a technical pen (Rapidograph pen) to ink in the letters. The final artwork was photographed with a stat camera and applied to a mechanical artwork.
For my daughter's birth announcement, I lettered her first name. It was printed in red ink on a warm white square card stock with her birthday and vitals.
Typographic drawing