Design Process Archives – Herm the Younger

The tracklist for the I May Be Some Time album is created using a very special technique. Each letter is cut out and arranged one by one, just like they would have been with letterpress printing during the early 1900s – the same era the album is inspired by.

The process allows granular control over the letters and spacing, producing an effect that is impossible to achieve with a technically perfect computer font.

This video provides a look at how it was done:

The tracklist on the back of the CD digipak. The same technique is used on the spine.

The album (with a myriad of original artwork) will be released on July 5th.

Credits

Patron
Million Moons

Design
Herm the Younger

Published by Herm the Younger in Design Process, Typography

Looking through old work to inspire the new.

My 2019 artwork Formations was all about exploring symmetry and composition. The stars are made from simple drawings, mirrored across six lines. Smaller stars are scattered around them to complete the effect.

A tall, vertical banner was the perfect setting for these beautiful shapes:

Not only was this proof that you can make something out of nothing, but it affirmed that the best art is made that way. Limiting your means stimulates deep creativity.

The process itself created some lovely surprises. When the drawings were scanned in, they appeared to glow. As it happens, this effect was caused by my settings being wrong:

Were I to remake this artwork now, I would retain much of this texture and lighting in the final piece. Yet the simplicity of this series does not offend five years later. It inspires, and that is the ultimate achievement of art.

To those who are reading:

Make good work.
It is all worth it.

Published by Herm the Younger in Art, Design Process

Tracklist Typography & Process

Credits

Revisiting “Formations”

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Tracklist Typography & Process

Credits

Revisiting “Formations”

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