Richard Stewart

Richard is a designer from Boston that designs new brands for companies. His style is old, vintage and very traditional. He got into designing from an early age, due to his mother being a calligrapher and artist. In an interview with Creative Bloq, he says that he used to trace over his mothers drawings and he inspired by her sketchbooks. Doing this   from an early age meant that he could learn first hand, rather than reading it from a textbook.  

Richard uses Illustrator to make his designs, using the pen and pencil tool. He likes to keep his designs looking hand drawn as the calligraphy style was very recognizable in the older days. He says that he likes to design lettering like it was hand written because it reminds the viewer that the designs were  done by a human, and not some clever computer. He feels it gives a bigger sense for personality to the design  that wouldn't be there if done by a programme on the computer. 

 These are some of Richards designs. I like how he chooses to mix fonts together. The hand written font always seems to go in the center, then the rest, usually in capitals, go around. 

The main colours in his designs are browns and reds. These colours always look vintage when put on a design because in  the older days, too many colours was too expensive.  The coffee stained, rust  feel is something that always reminds me of vintage designs, and this is what Richard has done with his designs. If the background was  pink, for example, it wouldn't look vintage at all.   

Richard says the way he stays creative is to stop over thinking. He finds that taking time out of the studio, watching a film or even walking down the street will help the creative flow come back.  

http://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design-tips/how-designers-work-richard-stewart-on-early-influences-and-his-hands-on-approach-to-design-1233195

http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/30-modern-examples-of-vintage-style-graphic-design