ustralian native Luke Lucas, letterer and super entrepreneur (and incredibly nice dude), makes some of the most badass hyper-illustrative type out there. You’ve probably seen his work all over design blogs as he has quite a following of fan boys and girls and his site Life Lounge is a great resource for all things art, design, and culture related. I first “met” Luke when he invited me to participate in his Life Lounge show “Some Type of Wonderful” along with a great list of other artists. When I visited Melbourne this past year, I had the opportunity to meet him in person.

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verything that Alison Carmichael makes has the perfect amount of whimsy and playfulness—even when she’s illustrating not-so-nice words (check out her store to see this one!). I’m so happy to feature such an INCREDIBLY talented lady among the guests of this alphabet—she works in a billion styles and mediums for her lettering and calligraphy (including ketchup! and in the case of this drop cap, “black treacle” (which I had to google)). I had been seeing Alison’s work all over the internet for a long while and you’ve probably seen her Clean Me calligraphy if you’ve used the internet at all in the past two years.

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ickstarter (or really, all you fine internet folk) is about to pay Frank Chimero a buttload of money for his upcoming book The Shape of Design, and that is awesome. I’m assuming you are all as jealous as me that he has a legit excuse to take a few months off to write, but thankfully he had time to draw this awesome K before retreating to the woods of Oregon. Aside from being a writer, thinker, educator and general internet person of interest, Frank is also a designistrator with a style rooted in printy textures and Paul Randish plays of shape and color. His K feels like it would be as at home in 1954 as it does in 2011.

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ovely doesn’t begin to describe the work of Deanne Cheuk, the awesome art director, illustrator and artist that crafted this L. Her list of accolades is super impressive: She got her first job as a magazine art director at the age of 19 immediately out of college and has since art directed or designed numerous publications, including Tokion Magazine. Her client list is ridiculous including the likes of Swatch, Target, and American Express. She has worked with David Carson, Doug Aitken and Conan O’Brien. In 2005, Cheuk released her first book, Mushroom Girls Virus — which sold out worldwide immediately. That same year she was the inaugural designer chosen for the (sadly now defunct) NYTimes On Language section. In 2006, Target launched a line of “Deanne Cheuk” products. So yes, she is awesome and I hope you now have as big of a girl-crush as I do!

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art and Parcel is Damien Correll’s collaborative effort with designistrator pal Garrett Morin, and they make some insanely imaginative playful work. Damien doesn’t disappoint with today’s drop cap, which would put a smile on anyone’s face from preschool and up. When I first moved to New York, I was made aware of an awesome dude collective that had formed by Damien, Garrett and Ryan Waller called Rad Mountain (now defunct). It took a while before our paths overlapped—first when Garrett won Print’s 20 under 30 the same year as me, and then when Damien won ADC Young Guns we finally met in person! (Can you see how small of a city/scene New York is??) Anyhoo—Damien, while no longer part of a mountain, is still quite rad.

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uit what you’re doing right now and check out Josh Cochran’s site, the amazing illustrator (and my dear friend / brotherfromanothermother) that qrafted today’s drop qap. You may have seen his ridiculously hilarious and awesome zombies vs. unicorns illustration, which I would go on record to say is one of my favorite drawings of all time. Josh is a part of my studiofriendposse at The Pencil Factory in Brooklyn (the actual former Eberhard Faber factory, not the bar across the street or the fancy lofts that were built last year) which is populated with some massive talent in the illustration industry. I’m so happy Josh was able to participate and churned out this awesome Q! Putting a bird on it really DOES always work!

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ome people are just so talented that they make you burn with envy. Alex Trochut is one of those people for me, his work is just amazing. The S that he contributed for Daily Drop Cap is just one of the styles he’s been experimenting with lately, but he works within so many styles from hyper-illustrative (RIDICULOUSLY BADASS) lettering to more classically influenced ornamental type. If you have been paying attention to illustrative lettering at all in the last five years, you should know Alex’s name by heart. His work has been all over the internet, in all kinds of annuals and magazines, and in gallery shows around the world. I was SO EXCITED when he was able to contribute, as I am a culty superfan of his stuff.

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