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abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
- Posted on: March 06, 2008
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A few days ago, Keeran sent me a link to this video by Job & Roel Wouters. It’s such a beautifully simple piece. Watching Job draw the letterforms is mesmeric enough, but when his son (?) joins in, I found myself laughing as he tries to imitate his fathers work. This leads to some funny-looking characters (c and d are particular favourites of mine).
I’m particularly jealous of the assured free-hand script of Job. It really is a joy to watch.
‘abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz’
a video by Job & Roel Wouters
recorded in Amsterdam at studio Xelor early 2008
Hand 1: Gradus W. Wouters, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2003
Hand 2: Job Wouters, Leiden, the Netherlands, 1980
Director: Roel Wouters
Director of photography: Sal Kroonenberg
Music: Rik Elstgeest & Bo Koek
Production asst: Ton de Munck
notes from the director:
‘Job and Gradus are both ambitious concerning letters. Spontaneous jam sessions in our studio inspired us to make this film about the fun drawing letters’
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I'm a graphic designer from near Cardiff in the UK. I've been a designer for over ten years now and primarily work on the web. I'm still partial to a bit of print every now and then though. I used to work for Agency.com in London as an Art Director before working as a Senior Designer for the BBC in sunny Cardiff. This was all before I took leave of my senses and formed my own design consultancy, Mark Boulton Design Ltd.
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Comments
Funny and I really love the accompanying music! Thanks for sharing Mark.
Jason Armstrong
Thu 6th Mar 2008
at 11:24 am
WOW, great movie! Love it — downloading to iPhone… ;-)
Julian Schrader
Thu 6th Mar 2008
at 12:38 pm
I love how almost every single one of the son’s characters starts out with the forceful downward stroke. I don’t know if that pattern would have been evident if it were in real-time, but seeing it sped up like that, his ‘fist’ is pretty visible.
Charlie Park
Thu 6th Mar 2008
at 12:56 pm
Awesome video, but it only seems to work on YouTube and not on your site…
Dominik Lenk
Thu 6th Mar 2008
at 2:11 pm
Just fabulous! You just watched the next generation in action. Plus the music was really cool and very engaging.
Chris Carpenter
Fri 7th Mar 2008
at 12:47 am
Great fun post, who was the music by I thought it was so uplifting! AJ
AndyR
Sun 9th Mar 2008
at 4:39 pm
Strange, but nothing interesting I did not see here.
Nikol
Wed 12th Mar 2008
at 1:24 pm
This video is very well done. The calligraphy, speed, precision, is a thing of true beauty. I wish I could write/draw like this. Cute with his kid doing it as well ;)
mmo
Fri 14th Mar 2008
at 6:35 am
This is fantastic!
I love the contrast between the two styles. The father style is controlled and elegant, the son’s fairly random yet pleasingly abstract : )
Sam Hardacre
Sat 15th Mar 2008
at 9:56 am
Pretty cool and hilarious at the same time. W was my favorite :)
zeb
Sat 15th Mar 2008
at 9:36 pm
Cool music! That’s all I can say
Barbara
Sun 16th Mar 2008
at 11:37 pm
Nothing intersting!
Ionic
Thu 20th Mar 2008
at 2:18 am
This makes you want to work in video production. I love shorts like this.
Richard Henry
Thu 20th Mar 2008
at 6:23 pm
Nice idea, nice typo, nice music.
And, puhh, the intro leaves me with a desire to improve my handwriting.
Stephan Riess
Mon 24th Mar 2008
at 2:01 am