Business Card
Printed using a rubber stamp, with red water colour ink, on BFK print maker paper.
Hello, I’m Levi.
I am a freelance designer, illustrator and printmaker based in Aberdeen, Scotland.
My work focuses around Print Design, Illustration, Branding & Identity, Packaging, Signage, Murals & Installation, Promotion & Screen Printing.
I am available for freelance work. If you would like to discuss a project or have any questions please email:
studio@thisisaekido.co.uk
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Levi Bunyan
Levi Bunyan
Lego Letterpress
During experimenting with different forms of printing, initially letterpress and wood block, I began to experiment by introducing new elements into my printing process, and the Lego letterpress was born
Relic
The concept for this typeface was also to create a typeface which was somewhat unique. This was acheived by stripping back the alphabet so that individual letters didn’t retain the characters they were meant to have, giving an abstract feel to them. This exercise was inspired by the Runic alphabet, and tests and experimentations began to emerge from simplifying the letterforms.
This created a typeface, which is somewhat unique, compared to the shapes of the tradition alphabet and at the same time is also readable and sits together as a full set. The final typeface looks very different when each character is separated, but still reads together as a whole typeface.
UniStenc
For my reverse graffiti project, a stencil typeface was required. If all the sections of the characters joined together, the counter of characters would fall out when the stencil was created. Because of the nature of the project, the typeface needed to feel very chunky and modern, so that the message seemed contemporary and stood out.
Wonderland
The concept behind the typeface was to complement the simple structure of the book as well as retaining a magazine quality. Much of the inspiration came from Dazed & Confused as they have interesting title type, which differs from issue to issue.
A basic letter set was created and then experimented with in simple grid form, keeping each letters with the same dimensions, except ones such as M and W. With an initial set of letters constructed, features were added on certain letters and experimented with to give the typeface an interested quality, which can be seen in the S and K.
Diamond Sans
As part of my honours year journey, I wanted to create a typeface which was a remix of an existing typeface. The initial typefaces started as Gill Sans. As an exercise the characters were experimented with and shapes were introduced within the typeface, starting off with circles, squares and finally diamonds. Experimentation with the shapes and structures of each individual character occurred, building up several different variables of each letter.
Process Book
Selected pages of my process book for my honours project.
The book serves as the ‘glue’ of my project, describing the processes I went through throughout the year, as well as illustrating them with photos
Because within the next month or two, I’m hoping to get back into shooting a few gigs (as there is a lot coming up I’m very much keen for), I decided to dig out an old gig photo of And So I Watch You From Afar as it’s probably one of my favourites!
Body Shop typeface
Typeface created from scratch as part of my D&AD Body Shop packaging entry.
The idea was to create a modern, sleak, and organic typeface, which reflected the Body Shop brand.
(An update from a previous blog post)
Don’t forget to check out my website too HERE
I’ve added my ‘I Design Art’ poster as a free downloadable Desktop Wallpaper on my website, available at multiple dimensions
Check it out!
http://cargocollective.com/aekido#1236786/Downloads
