Shepard’s Birth Announcement
When I found out that we were going to have a boy, I started to think about my own childhood and all of the things I loved when I was a kid. So I wanted to design an announcement that celebrated those things and captured that particular idea of boyhood wonder and adventure. I created this illustration and worked with the incredible team at Studio on Fire to have it letterpressed on 220lb. Lettra paper. They did a fantastic job on the printing. It really turned out great. I think it’s safe to say that this is my favorite project of all time. And definitely my favorite client.
This my original rough sketch of the idea.
And this was the actual illustration. I couldn’t be happier with the way it turned out.
- Ty
+ 7.22.10 | 4:00 pm
50 Comments view all
Ty, this is wonderful.
Gawd, letterpress artifacts are so sexy. This is awesome, Ty.
dude, this looks great! and the letterpress makes it classic! awesome job!
Utterly Gorgeous!
Congratulations sir, this looks outstanding!!. love the colors and the pressing! amazing work for an amazing dad!.
Stellar, dude!
This is such a beautiful piece, well done!
This is gorgeous Ty. The most beautiful and unique birth announcement I’ve ever seen.
I want one just to look at… looovvee that its letter pressed!
Phenomenal!!
*discovered this post via @papercrave
Studio on Fire – Repping Minnesota, AWESOME work. This piece is beastly. Very nice!
Awesome awesome work. Love it.
You can check with Rhea for my whole, long thesis on why I adore the announcement, but basically I said that all I know to say about it is how utterly astonishing it is. Every inch of it. You have outdone yourself. (And you and Rhea outdid yourselves with the son you created this for.) It weighed so much that for a minute I honestly thought you put the announcement on a c.d.
You rule.
Wow. This is beautiful….in a boy-sort-of-way…
:)
Killer illustration work!
WIthout doubt the greatest
announcement for this lovely and
lucky little baby boy. My
goodness you are talented Ty.
absolutely perfect! i love it!
Seriously, Ty. All other graphic designers should just throw up their hands and quit. They can’t compete with your stuff. Beautiful, as always!
Um……..amazing. I agree with Leslie!
shepard is one lucky little boy!
Just adore the spaceships. Brilliant colour scheme too
This is absolutely gorgeous! Lucky him! And lucky you.
Stunningly beautiful card. Great combination of illustration and tactile texture. I’d love to touch this card!
Wow, incredible! Great work!
One of the best Letter pressed pieces I’ve seen out there… congrats on all levels… being a dad rocks…
would you list all fonts you used? would love to know! Amazing job!!!!!
Thanks for all the compliments! I’ve received a few questions about type, so here are the technical specs: This is a 2 color piece, printed on 220lb Lettra. Primary type: Cyclone, Secondary type: Hellenic Wide & Futura
hellenic wide… that’s the ticket!
thanks!
Awesome work — I’m glad I got to see how cool the letterpressing looks in person
Wow. This is an incredible piece. The letterpressing really pushes it over the edge, I just wish I could touch it!
Fan-friggin-tastic! Truly!
I don’t know what more more can be said: CONGRATULATIONS! B-B-BEAUTIFUL!
you made me back to childhood
Awesome work!! Congrarulations!!
Absolutely beautiful!
this is amazing. truly :)
Genious. Great parenting
wow.
Great stuff!
Absolutely gorgeous piece! Amazing work of art.
Absolutely awesome piece of work. I hope you don’t mind I posted it up on my blog! http://blog.benpurkiss.com
We always create the best stuff when it’s the most dear to our heart! Nice Job.
Gorgeous and Sentimentally beautiful. Congrats on becoming a father too!
A beautiful announcement for a beautiful boy!
fabulous work Ty! congratulations on your son…Love the “rough sketch”… it celebrates the process.
Very cool Ty – congratulations! And what a lucky little guy to have such a beautiful piece of art to announce him to the world. I’m sure he’ll treasure that piece of his baby book.
Greatings from Eastern Europe! You make a great design, like it a lot!!!
PS: I would be very greatfull if you can share with me this font, with witch “carlyle” is written:)
Brilliant! Love it so much.
[...] Last but certainly not least is Ty Mattson’s birth announcement for his son. Using his considerable illustration skills, he included all his favorite childhood amusements as a frame for the information. It’s a great limited-color-palette design using only three colors. There are more images on Ty Mattson’s site here. [...]
[...] You can see more work by Ty Mattson here>> [...]