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Addendum: The winner is Frazetta, with 312, followed by Leyendecker with 129, and Norman Rockwell with 66.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Cool Signatures
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Addendum: The winner is Frazetta, with 312, followed by Leyendecker with 129, and Norman Rockwell with 66.
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All of them are cool looking sigs, but I have always found Norman Rockwell's to look too much like a stencil was used, whereas Frazetta's and Leyendecker's look more freehand.
Jeff Jones?? He has all the letters of his name in a simple symbol.
Frazetta has the Space Needle worked into his...
Walt Disney. Oh wait, you meant out of those three? I'm sort of leaning towards Leyendecker's. Though Frazetta's is pretty neat too.
I'm going with Frazetta, as it's legible. Rockwell's looks to much like a stencil. The other one is cool, but not legibile enough.
Isn't it interesting how Frazetta's and Leyendecker's signatures actually resemble their style of painting?
I voted for Frazetta, but have you seen Virgil Finlay's signature? That is my true favorite...
Now I'm wishing my signature had as much flair as these guys'. Though Dan Dos Santos' is pretty neat as well. :O
i understand Norman Rockwell would vary his according to the picture - and interestingly enough, he usually hired letter specialists to paint any lettering in his paintings like his famous "yankee doodle' one in the nassau inn in princeton.
I have seen other rockwell signatures i like better than this one.
Inspired Choices, Tough Call.
I've been a fan of John Cassaday's box shaped "JC" (lower right) http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/irredeemable1-john-cassaday.jpg
Then there's Walt Simonson's Big "O" signature. http://willeisner.tripod.com/images/eisner_signature.jpg
According to interviews it's supposed to resemble a dinosaur.
Adam Hughes gets rather creative with his initials "AH!"
http://www.comicartfans.com/Images/Category_2700/subcat_13824/AH3.jpg
Will Eisner doesn't need any gimmicks, the man was a master of hand written typography.
http://willeisner.tripod.com/images/eisner_signature.jpg
I had never taken a close look at Leyendecker's signature before. Pretty cool.
Aubrey Beardsley had my all-out favorite signature:
http://www.zazzle.com/aubrey_beardsley_sticker-217796329975878521
here it is on a "Zazzle" sticker.
Mike Whelan's M/W isn't bad, either.
Albretch Dürer beats them all :)
I think I'm gonna have to go with Rockwell. I'm surprised I haven't come across a typeface that tries to mimic the lettering. Although I guess it's not like I've actively been searching for one either...
Ooh, you really picked hard ones to choose between! In the end I went with Frazetta, because I think it's most invocative of his style, even if they all are.
I've got to mention Greg Manchess' M signature though. I've always liked that one. http://www.manchess.com/images/16.jpg
Can't choose. They're all neat.
I like Sys Mead's signature.
(An imaginative realist who doesn't get much mention here.)
That should Syd Mead - typo.
Out of these three, Frazetta. Legible and unique.
I think Drew Struzan's is possibly my all-time favorite, though. So simple, and unmistakable.
If I were handed a blank business card with Rockwell's lettering on it, the combination of the name 'Rockwell' with the lettering presentation would give me the impression of someone solid and dependable. I may be thinking about it too much from a design standpoint, but I think that's why I like it the best here.
Frazetta, Leyendecker's is all over the place and Rockwell's is too static.
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