Metroid Type Explorations
To celebrate the release of the new Beasts of England typeface, Acorn , I made some quick typographic exploration designs based on the key areas from Super Metroid! I’m pretty hyped on how the set turned out.
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Echo Wolf
New music will be released via Echo Wolf ! I’m aiming to release a steady stream of tracks every month or two.
Expanding Upon Design Systems
What if we expanded design thinking to encompass the entire product development process? Design systems have done wonders for helping organizations build digital products. With a design system in place, visual consistency is easier to maintain, components become reusable, and redundant work is reduced. With the right buy-in, design systems can do magical things for team collaboration. When…
Hyperlight
I’m excited to be releasing a few new tracks over the coming weeks/months. Hyperlight is going to be the peppy/optimistic album starter. Channeling 8-bit NES Rad Racer vibes, I wanted to go for a carefree-cruise-around-town feel. Enjoy, and thanks for the support! Listen/Buy on Bandcamp Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Music Hyperlight single artwork Hyperlight design outtake (but I still really…
Voyager
Back in August I decided I wanted to make an instrumental synthwave album. As trying as the Summer was for many of us, I did my best to take advantage of all time w/ my 8 & 10-year-old boys. We hiked, swam, watched borderline-appropriate movies, and generally had a blast. At the house we were leasing, my office was right by the long circle driveway. I could hear them outside all day being awesome:…
Monarch
I randomly started making music back in December . At the time, the only place I posted anything was Instagram stories . As short beeps evolved to songs, I built audio.trentwalton.com . Fast forward to April. When I had 12 songs I was pleased with, I decided to package them up for distribution/streaming. Let this post serve as a mini-release party for Monarch! Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple…
New Fonts on the Ol’ Blog
I’m proud of myself because this is merely a post about new fonts rather than a post about a blog redesign. The perfectly-dialed-in textures and vibe from Phil Coffman’s recent redesign nearly pushed me over the edge, though. Anyways, I did what any sensible designer would do after letting the blog sit for too long: buy fonts! I’ve had Grilli Type’s GT America on my font shopping list for a while.…
Mr. Robot Title Cards
I’ve blogged about this before but wanted to post again now that the 4-season series has wrapped. A consistent detail throughout Mr. Robot was that the title cards seemed to capture the essence of the episode instantly. The (freeze) framing of a powerful image + music + the splash of red type across the screen always got me excited for what was in store. Potential spoilers below, but here’s a…
The Strokes – At the Door
I adore the high-contrast type, aged color pallette, and sci-fi concept painting here in the artwork for The Strokes’ new song, “At the Door.” Art direction and design by Tina Ibañez & painting by John Harris I couldn’t help but track down the title font. I believe it’s Blackbarry NF by Nick Curtis . Then I saw the throwback- Hanna-Barbera -vibed video, which hits even harder. The titles here are…
Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia
~4 years ago, we had a sliver of free time at Paravel, and wanted to experiment with creating an immersive-website-book-thingy for Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia complete with a vibey page design, illustrations, animations, and even audio. sherlock.paravelinc.com Why did it take so long to share it? I’m not sure we ever called the experiment done, and we certainly could have spent many more…