Design Commentary
We’re advancing with a new team member!
For immediate release-July 1, 2016 Pfahlert Creative Labs TheSilentP.com Pfahlert Creative Labs, a professional creative design services company, announces Claire Tuttle as Account Catalyst in the western NC/Asheville area. She will be responsible for helping clients fill their marketing and graphic design needs. Her goals include solidifying a partnership with organizations seeking a dependable and…
Read More“10 Seconds” The Process of Hand-Made Neon Signs
At The Silent P, we’ve always loved neon signage and neon art in general. 10 SECONDS is a short film about work and happiness, and shares a bit of Mike Heist’s thoughts and insight into the amazing process of hand-made neon signage. The Pressure designed the sign as a component of event branding for the…
Read MoreWhat if Draplin Designed it?
For the record: I love all things Draplin. Aaron Draplin is a very talented graphic designer – one of our faves – a great & funny communicator as well (a couple classics can be found here and here – FYI, some NSFW language smattering in each video). Possibly most well known for his ‘Field Notes‘ series of…
Read MoreThe Making of an Album Cover
We wanted to share with you some of the creative process and behind-the-scenes work that goes into creating an album cover design, this one was for one our faves, Farewell Milwaukee, who just released “Can’t Please You, Can’t Please Me (get it here!). The band had a fairly tight concept for this one, so we…
Read MoreAkua Line of Inks Rebranding Complete.
We can finally show you some of the process from the rebrand project for Speedball Art Products. Akua® inks are professional quality, water-based inks created by two professional printmakers who were motivated to create safe, fume free inks. Once the unique product line was purchased by Speedball, it needed a major upgrade from where the…
Read MoreHand Lettering Always Wins.
For the entire process of this amazing work, go to HERE. The link has close-up examples of this amazing hand lettered experiment. -The Silent P Bob Dylan Subterranean Homesick Blues – A HAND LETTERING EXPERIENCE from Leandro Senna on Vimeo.
Read MoreNever Kill A Client.
Good reminder… …and a GREAT crime novel cover design! These guys created some of our favorite book covers ever (see our related older post regarding crime novel cover art here). There are rumors in the works that we will get to illustrate and design one for an author soon. Stay tuned…unless you want a knuckle…
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