Professional Spotlight

Emmy de Leon Gets Down To The Bone

Emmy de Leon Gets Down To The Bone

Emmy de Leon is junior art director at Orci Advertising in Santa Monica. She was born and raised in Mexico where she studied marketing, but wasn't happy. She decided to pursue graphic design, was accepted to the Art Institute of Los Angeles and soon moved to L.A. for art school. For her Typography 4 final, she designed Osteology.

Drew Melton Flourishes Beautifully

Drew Melton Flourishes Beautifully

Drew Melton is a Los Angeles-based letterer, graphic designer, and occasional illustrator. He and his wife just launched Anchor Paper Co., a new collection of beautiful stationery. Each design is hand-lettered by Drew and pressed into premium cotton paper and it's is just gorgeous. 

Danny Yount Solves The Mystery Of The Title Sequence

Danny Yount Solves The Mystery Of The Title Sequence

Danny Yount is a Los Angeles-based graphic designer and commercial director who has a diverse visual style and a unique range of depth and craftsmanship in motion arts and film. He has earned an Emmy for the Six Feet Under main title and was the Senior Creative Director at Prologue Films where he designed the main titles and end credit sequences for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Rocknrolla, Sherlock Holmes, Tron Legacy, Oblivion, Iron Man 1, 2, and 3 and many others.

The Lettering Pilgrimage of Ana Gómez Bernaus

The Lettering Pilgrimage of Ana Gómez Bernaus

Ana Gomez Bernaus is a visual adventurer who landed in Los Angeles. Born and raised in Barcelona, Ana studied graphic design there but she was also drawn to illustration. Barcelona and its Catalan modernism style influenced her early work, creating fascination with the rich ornamentation and the details. When she decided to move to New York, she fell in love with typography. Barcelona brought her a taste for illustration, New York allured her with typography, and now both disciplines live in L.A., with lettering.