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This is crazy…I can’t believe that July is almost over already. It seems like the Fourth of July was just yesterday and now we’re only 10 days away from August. Summer seems to be flying by and it’s almost over. Heck, my oldest son starts school next week…his summer is over. GrandmasterB took the family camping on the western slope of Colorado over the weekend. It was nice to unplug for a few days and get away from all of the hectic city life. I was shocked to see that gas prices are freakin’ insane on the other side of the Rocky Mountains. When we left we filled the Explorer up with E85 which was 2.89/gallon, but along the I-70 stretch there are no “corn stations” and gas was a whopping $4.42/gallon. I almost crapped myself when I only squeaked out a little over 10 gallons on $45…OUCH! I’ve got some pictures of the festivities during the camping excursion, but their being photoshopped to protect the identities of the innocent. I’ll write up something this week and share with everyone.
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While browsing through the expansive Arsenal of vectors and fonts over at Go Media, I noticed something new…
GoVandal!
Is GoVandal a vector pack? Is GoVandal a font? What is it? Well, it’s a little bit of both. GoVandal was created in response to the demand of a graffiti-inspired font that looked authentic, naturally handwritten, and original.
It comes equipped with an exclusive Vector Pack (an Arsenal First!) full of underlines, arrows, drips, and the actual letters themselves. That way you can spice up your designs, or adjust the size and spacing quickly at your discretion. Things you can’t do with normal fonts.
I’ve been waiting a long time to find a decent graffiti font that looked similar to hand-written, real graffiti. The logo in my header is all done with calligraphy brushes in Illustrator and it took for goddamn ever to created. Each letter was painstakingly drawn out, sometimes three or four times. If you’re looking for a quick resource to create some awesome graffiti text, this will definitely do the trick. Tomorrow is payday at GrandmasterB HQ and I will definitely be purchasing this sweet little package. I’m working on a new tutorial and this is going to tie it in nicely…so you’ll get to see it in action! If you can’t wait to see it, get over to Go Media now and get a copy for yourself.
~ GrandmasterB
