Winter 2015 collection

Just in time for the holidays, I am thrilled to share some new work available for purchase in my online shop. Queue the little drummer boy please (pa rum pa pum pum)...

1) 2015 Holiday cards – $20 (4-pack)



These festive, limited edition A2-size greeting cards were hand-lettered with Pentel brush pens, scanned, and screen printed by hand (with the help of Paul Dotey) in Toronto using water-based robin egg blue and metallic gold ink on pure white 100% cotton archival paper. Matching envelopes included.

Includes:
1) "1 partridge in a pear tree"
2) "2 turtle doves"
3) "3 french hens"
4) "4 calling birds"










2) Alphabet wrapping sheets – $10

This custom seamless wrapping paper is the perfect touch for your typographic holiday gifts. Lettered by hand and then laser printed on the finest satin, carbon neutral & responsibly sourced fibre paper, each 24" x 26" sheet is ideal for wrapping one small gift.

3) Emoji Alphabet Project letters – $20

The Emoji Alphabet project started as an Instagram experiment in February 2015. Each day, I created a new letter in my iPhone's Notes app, using emoji as pixels. Each letter is composed of emojis starting with that letter.

These 9" x 9" prints are ink jet printed in Toronto in full colour on 180gsm ultra white matte cotton-based art paper. 

Please specify letter of choice when placing your order. View the full set here.

4) Homo Sweet Homo 1 limited edition print – $60

This limited edition painting was created specifically for the Buddies in Bad Times annual Art Attack auction, which helps raise money to support Canada's most exciting LGBT theatre. 

The original 11 1/4” x 15 1/4" painting has been scanned and reprinted as a 16" x 20" limited edition (of 5) giclee print, printed in Toronto in full colour on Hahnemühle Photo Rag fine art paper.




5) Emoji Map of Canada – $60



Inspired by my Emoji Alphabet Project, this map of Canada is created using 6855 individually placed emoji. Each province or territory is composed of emojis related to that region:

These 18" x 18" giclee prints are printed in Toronto in full colour on Hahnemühle Photo Rag fine art paper.

Get a head start on your holiday shopping this year! Visit my shop to view the full collection, and please keep me in mind when making your gift purchases this holiday season. Commissioned work also available. And please don't hesitate to share my shop & services with anyone else you think might be interested.

Thanks for everyone for your incredible support this past year. Happy Holidays!

CR

Presenting Macbeth

I'm pleased to announce that my 2011 poster of Macbeth for Shakespeare Toronto / Classical Theatre Project has been published in the new Mirko Ilić / Steven Heller book Presenting Shakespeare: 1,100 Posters from Around the World, published by Princeton Architectural Press. This exciting publication includes around 1,100 curated Shakespeare posters from 56 countries around the world.

Pick up your copy here.

Printable P's and Q's

I was honoured to be featured in yesterday's Toronto Star for the Toronto Etiquette Project. There was also a generous mention in Metro News.

A new look for Christopher (continued)

Here's a closer look at my new branding materials. More on the new brand and wordmark here.

Ellen Lupton

Last November, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Ellen Lupton at the RGD Design Thinkers conference in Toronto. Dr. Lupton was incredibly gracious and offered some great insights on graphic design, education, and the changing industry.

You can read the full interview in issue 27 of Uppercase Magazine. Thank you to Dr. Lupton for her time and to Janine for this great opportunity.

Also: check out my interview of Honest Ed's sign painter Wayne Reuben in issue 23 of Uppercase Magazine.

A new look for Christopher

After months of preparation, I am thrilled to unveil my new identity. Lots more to share this week, including some new products in my shop and some exciting giveaways on my Instagram & Twitter. Please take a moment to explore my new & improved website: christopherrouleau.com

Special thanks to Kyle Gallant for his exceptional skills animating my logo.

Something new coming Monday...

Letter by letter

I'm thrilled to be sharing my passion for lettering at two sold out Ligatures brush pen workshops this weekend in Toronto.

Lots of exciting things brewing for the fall. Please stay tuned!

Calgary brush pen workshop

I'm thrilled to announce that I will be co-instructing a special brush pen workshop in Calgary next month!

This is a full-day workshop, sponsored by GDC and Uppercase Magazine, will be held Sunday, July 12 from 9am – 5pm at Uppercase in the Devinish building (908 – 17th Avenue SW, Suite 201 B, Calgary, AB). There will be a one hour break for lunch.

Here are the details & registration link:
http://bit.ly/brushtypeYYC

If you are interested in participating, please sign up asap - there are only 16 spaces available!

Thanks for your support!