Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Talkative Beasts



Two mots-images by Jean Alessandrini, thanks to design et typo

Combining animals with letters is an old idea, but still as fun as always,
and open to endless variations. Today's selection includes both 
hand-lettered and typographic creatures, and even three-dimensional ones.



Ancient Chinese figure-inscription of an Ox designed to discourage people from eating meat
 and The Bear by Johann Leonhard Frisch, c.1700, thanks to Retro Graphic Design +



U&lc vol 1

Lisl WeilOwl and other scrambles, 1980, thanks to Curio Books


Jeremy Pettis, from 26 types of animals





Michael Johnson at Almost extinct, thanks to Junkculture

Sarah King, Night Trout

Visit this previous post to see some examples 
of zoomorphic calligraphy in the Islamic tradition.

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