Leighton Hubbell - Illustrative Designer

1. Apples to apples. What’s the difference between designers?
(Design/Design articles)

... highly produced color images, may not be suitable for a delicate typographic invitation. Do they work in primarily in the online, digital arena? Or are they a print specialist? Yes, there are those that ...

2. How to find the right illustrator.
(Illustration/Illustration articles)

... computer in a digital format, and there are others that use a wide range of more traditional mediums. All of them are out there to create the perfect image for your project. But, not all of them are what ...

3. The new WhiteHouse.gov site. Absolutely gorgeous.
(Design/Design articles)

... website’s back-end (just like the Obama website) is being handled by Blue State Digital. I'm not sure, but I would imagine that the new White House site has utilized many of these individuals in the new ...

4. The comeback of the lettering brush.
(Logo design/Logo design articles)

It seems lately that there is a real interest in the 'analog' skill of hand lettering. Even though the digital design world's best type designers are always improving the many styles and ligature options ...

5. The Lions Club's new vision.
(Logo design/Logo design articles)

... of the lions, obviously making the transition from photostat (print) version to digital. Clean-up indeed. Delving into the project, I soon had a dozen or so sketches of the new lion, with variations ...

6. International Color Posters
(Logo design/Logo design articles)

International Color Posters Logo and corporate identity design for a commercial large format silkscreener and digital printer. The family-owned business had originated in France and moved to the U.S. ...

7. Digital is the new green.
(Illustration/Illustration articles)

Here's a new piece I just finished for Electronic House magazine. It's a fun little illustration for the PLAY section of the publication. The creative director is Alyssa Bradbury.

8. Old school hand lettering in our digital world.
(Logo design/Logo design articles)

... new digital world and I'm glad to be a part of it.  ...

9. Design books that my work appears
(Design/Design awards and recognition)

... 2001 PROMO Magazine Pro Awards PRINT’s Best Letterheads and Business Cards 6 (RC Publications, 1998) 2000 PRINT Regional Design Annual 1998 PRINT Regional Design Annual 1998 PRINT Digital Art & Design ...

10. Awards and recognition
(About Leighton/Awards and recognition)

... Stationery design 1999 AAF District 13 Ad Awards Blufish – Logo design 1998 PRINT Regional Design Annual Blufish– Stationery design 1998 PRINT Digital Art & Design Annual Blufish – Stationery ...