Book By Its Cover » Sketchbook Series: Will Miller

9.4.09

review by Chad Kouri

Will Miller really throws down when it comes to custom typography. He’s got an eye for type anatomy like no one else I’ve seen. And the way he takes it into the third dimension so flawlessly… holy crap. Gotta love it. When I first met him, Will explained (and correct me in the comments if I’m wrong) that after school he really wasn’t set in any one direction so he spent over 2 years just studying type. Written language to lead type to digital and beyond. And boy does it show. This was very exciting to me because I can’t seem to spend more than a couple hours on one thing. For the past couple years he has spent his time as Art Director of Firebelly Design. Check out their work if you are not aware of it. They do some very inspiring stuff. Enjoy!

ps. don’t forget: you can now click on the images to see them bigger.

16 Comments

09/4/09 9:26am

MissNatalie wrote

Wow! What gorgeous work! Thanks for sharing with us.

09/4/09 9:42am

Vera wrote

Wow! Awesome!

09/4/09 9:54am

julia wrote

It’s so impressive how three dimensional he can get. Some of them seem almost like a mind trick because of the sense of space they create. I love the ones that look architectural. Real super stuff.

09/4/09 10:08am

Margot Harrington wrote

I loooooove his work oh so much.

09/4/09 12:10pm

Dawn wrote

He’s our boy and we’re damn proud of him! Thanks for sharing Chad… Will definitely deserves the attention.

09/4/09 2:54pm

rose wrote

wow what an amazing sketchbook. and portfolio! those letterpress invitations are super cool.

09/4/09 2:58pm

Nick wrote

Will Miller is a typographic stud & my big brother.

09/4/09 3:32pm

Mig Reyes wrote

Wow, give Will a pen and paper, and he can do no wrong. Awesome, dude!

Also, I’m pretty sure that Will is more than a big brother to Nick. ;)

09/4/09 3:38pm

stasia wrote

i remember looking at will’s sketchbooks at camp and being really blown away–never seen anything like them. i’m glad they’re out in the open now!

09/8/09 11:07pm

Aries Wong wrote

These are simply amazing ! Can’t imagine how one can come up with such incredible 3D works with typography. And thank you for providing the images in a much higher resolution so that I can really admire them in more details.

09/15/09 11:43am

Tamsyn wrote

oh my word. thats depressing. i could never draw that amazingly. those are so rad.

09/17/09 7:56am

Esti wrote

Pretty awesome.

12/14/09 11:59pm

Tabatha LJ wrote

Thank You. This was really refreshing. I haven’t seen any text this elaborate since I saw the last Medieval-Art Nouveau text book. It really must take a special skill set to pull something like this off and not let it get away from you.

01/21/10 1:56am

Leilani wrote

ohhhhh lala, tres magnifique!

05/10/10 10:05am

Aiza wrote

Amazing typography work! wish i could be this precise!

08/5/10 8:42pm

Cassie wrote

Stupefyingly great.

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