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HowTo: Design Your Own Typeface Creature

May 13, 2010 07:30 PM

Julián Dorado is an illustrator and graphic designer, hailing from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has been lauded for his character design project, which merges typefaces into font-inspired monsters, animals, and characters. Luckily, Julián has been kind enough to post a great tutorial on creating your own typeface character/creature on his behance page.

You will need: Adobe Illustrator (+ a little creativity). Need some inspiration? Check out Julián's typeface flickr page. Some of Julian's work below, click through for the tutorial.

A playful animal character sitting atop a colorful emblem with green grass and a smiling face.

Colorful cartoon character with a yellow head and whimsical features.

Cartoon characters dressed as playful medieval guards.

Cartoon character with a mischievous grin holding two swords.

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