Nate Williams Lettering, Illustration, Art Licensing » hand lettering

A bit of chaos

Nate Williams — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:07:53 +0000

Here is a piece I did for a wine label … we ended up going in another direction but I like this direction so I thought I’d post it and created the FACElift illustration with the same feel.

Here is the art that was actually used on the wine bottle.

Soulsight Lettering

Nate Williams — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:38:42 +0000

Some hand lettering for the agency Soul Sight

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Ransom Note Generator

Nate Williams — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:30:44 +0000

I like to draw letters. Apparently, so do a lot of people. Now you can now generate ransom notes with all the great letters created by people on Letterplayground.com. This should come in handy for your next bank robbery or kidnapping.

Magnets and Buttons

Nate Williams — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:52:46 +0000

New buttons and magnets for Badgebomb … Mustaches and Unicorns eating popcorn .. what more could you ask for?

Here are a few of the mustache buttons and magnets: Cop Stache, Facial Hare, Stache Potatoe, Just-stache, Sexy in the 80′s Stache, Missing a limb Stache, where’s the deer stache?, Saturn Stache, Expresso Stache, The Magnum

More buttons and Magnets: Brainbow, Pearfect, Unipopcorn and the Laundronians (Stinky, Washed, Clean, etc)

Cloud Computing

Nate Williams — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:28:55 +0000

A new cover illustration for COMPUTERWORLD Magazine about cloud computing.

Kid’s Puzzle: Cars, Trucks and More

Nate Williams — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:44:17 +0000

On the Road 63 Piece Puzzle – roadster, motorcycle, logging truck, taxi, fire truck, ambulance, tow truck, police car, cement mixer, and more.

Available Here

63 pieces
Finished puzzle measures 18 x 14″
Canister with rope handle measures 6″ (15 cm) high, 5″ (13 cm)in diameter
Printed with nontoxic, soy-based inks
Puzzle greyboard contains 90% recycled paper. Packaging contains 70% recycled paper.

Illustrated Alphabet

Nate Williams — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:36:34 +0000

THE SMALL PRINT invited 26 illustrators from all over the globe that produced 52 original pieces (1 letter and 1 illustration based on the letter each) which are available to buy, digitally printed, in A2, A1 & AO formats. A huge variety of wonderful talents from Oliver Jeffers (A) to Chris Haughton (Z) make up this newly imagined alphabet.

More info

Artists include:

Alan Clarke/ Ben Newman/ Bjorn Lie / BRENB / Craig & Karl / Chris Haughton / Dick Hogg / Eduardo Recife / Emily Forgot / Genevieve Gauckler / Jonathan McHugh / Joven Kerekes / Kevin Waldron / Martin Haake / Michael Gillette / Nate Williams / Olaf Hajek / Oliver Jeffers / Rilla Alexander / Serge Seidlitz / Steeve Doogan / Steve Simpson / Tara McPhearson / Tomm Moore / Una Gildea

Chalkboard Lettering

Nate Williams — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:32:03 +0000

Ad agency Leo Burnett contacted me for a Kellogg’s Special K hand lettering project. The chalkboard bistro menu advertises the new Special K dark chocolate protein shakes and chocolate caramel protein meal bars.

Here is the final lettering for the ad. Product shots were added to this image.

Below are some rough ideas

See more chalkboard lettering here

Hand Lettering for Middlebury Magazine

Nate Williams — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:26:42 +0000

Lot of editorial hand drawn lettering for Middlebury Magazine

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Nate Williams — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:47:48 +0000

A new feel for an old classic :) Hand drawn lettering and interior illustrations for Mark Twain’s classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer published by Brazilian publisher Editora Atica.

Update: Winner of 2012 HOW International Design Awards

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The chosen cover

My roughs are always very rough

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a few interior illustrations