Journal Entry #9: My Friend Matt

My friend Matt Taylor is an amazing illustrator living in Brighton, U.K. From time to time bands have been lucky enough to have his artwork featured on their gig posters. The following are a few that he has produced...



I really like the illustration on this one, and I like how he interacted with the colors of the type, as well as the image, however, I'm not crazy with the overtly ornate text on top. When I think of rain, I think of something organic and flowing; natural. The word "skybox" makes me think of a symphony, and structure. I probably would have chosen something more hand drawn.



Now, I think that the old tattoo style that he chose to go towards in this one works very well with the illustration as well as the theme. I enjoy the hand lettered type that he created for the script, and thinks that the whole piece works well together.



I believe that the type in this one is most true to how a lot of his other work looks and feels. It is rare that he uses a serifed or slab serif typeface, and this clean, sans serif look works very well with the design without taking away from the illustration.

If you would like to check out more, please see matttaylor.co.uk.