lettering

Handlettering /  by Charlene Wang de Chen

I did the lettering, designed, and handdrew all the borders

I did the lettering, designed, and handdrew all the borders

One of my top interests in life is fonts.  It has been a fixation since I was in high school, and if you want to know my favorite standard Microsoft Office font high school till now is Garamond Italics. Though now I'm starting to love Gills Sans Light a lot also. 

So getting to think about fonts and draw out a bunch of options for the Art Director of this shoot was like a dream come true for me: getting paid to think about and play with fonts and lettering!

I also had a lot of fun buying all the paint pens for the shoot and a behind the scenes rough draft option. 

I also had a lot of fun buying all the paint pens for the shoot and a behind the scenes rough draft option. 


Painting Retro Signs /  by Charlene Wang de Chen

So the feature film I'm set decorating is set in NYC in 1988.  

The production designer wanted me to handpaint some sign mock-ups. I was using those 99 cent store brushes (that's what was available in the production office) but I thought they came out ok still:

The Art Dept office in the Production Offices were plastered with fun reference photos of NYC Soho in the 1980s. 

The Art Dept office in the Production Offices were plastered with fun reference photos of NYC Soho in the 1980s.