Walnut

I released Walnut on February 26, 2007. The idea came from spray-painted tags I saw in Vancouver that were quick and raw rather than elaborate murals. I sketched what I saw on site, then redrew the letters more tightly so I could blur them later. In Fontographer, I built hard vector outlines with jagged edges and no curves. I exported those vectors to Photoshop, fully rasterized them, and used the original vectors in the background as scaling guides. With a tablet, I applied spray effects, airbrushing, and film grain to produce the final letterforms. Walnut was released as a single style and was never free. On June 25, 2021, I updated it, cleaning up older shapes and adjusting a few curves. It never saw notable use, but it reflects a phase when I was experimenting with digital processes to simulate graffiti textures.