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LOVE | Private Commission

Last August 2016 my good friends, Lauren and Filipe Vilitati, surprised everyone with a secret wedding celebration in Fitzroy North, Melbourne. LOVE is an original wedding gift artwork for both of them.

The idea behind the illustration is combining Australian (Lauren’s background) and Fijian (Filipe’s background) native flora and fauna to build the LOVE message. The artwork features rosella birds, waratah, birds of paradise and hibiscus flowers.

A rosella is one of six species of colourful Australian parrots. Rosellas are native to Australia and nearby islands. Male and female always travel together and they enjoy bathing in puddles of water in the wild.

LOVE is my third typeface design. I first drew the lettering “absinthe” for an illustrated cocktail artwork featuring the classic French drink. A year ago, thanks to the project @36daysoftype I found the motivation and most importantly, the deadline to push the rest of the twenty-six letters out there.

In May 2017, I released Green Fairy commercially at MyFonts. You can read an extensive post about the font characteristics here.

Final size: 120 x 65 cm
Paper stock: Moulin Du Gue 270gsm
Pens: Rotring Rapidograph, Posca marker and Pentel Touch brush pens
Photographs: Lauren Vilitati