Douglas Bonneville, Author at BonFX

Typography Quote of the Day: Expression

April 12, 2013 by Douglas Bonneville

“Faces of type are like men’s faces. They have their own expression; their complexion and peculiar twists and turns of line identify them immediately to friends, to whom each is full of identity.”
— J.L. Frazier

Typography Quote of the Day: Emotions

April 10, 2013 by Douglas Bonneville

“A love of letters is the beginning of typographical wisdom. That is, the love of letters as literature and the love of letters as physical entities, having abstract beauty of their own, apart from the ideas they may express or the emotions they may evoke.”
– Designing with Type, James Craig

Back to basics with typography

April 8, 2013 by Douglas Bonneville

So, Ms. BonFX is getting on board with graphic design blogging and a new focus on typography. I’ve gathered some of the classic typography books and of course, my favorite coffee mug. I’ll be sure to recommend some great reads and resources along the way! Stay tuned…

New logo design: 3D Doodle Boxes

March 3, 2013 by Douglas Bonneville

Why do people draw 3d boxes when they doodle? Well, we don’t know, but we are taking the doodling of 3d boxes to the next level 🙂 Introducing 3D Doodle Boxes! We are in the final phases of our Unity3D project called 3D Doodle Boxes. You can, as the title implies, doodle with prefab 3d boxes in a super-easy-to-use user interface. It’s a cross between doodling 3D boxes on paper, and Minecraft :). After a final round of fit and finish bug fixing, we’ll be submitting 3D Doodle Boxes to the Mac App Store. In the mean time, have a look at the isometric logo and splash screen branding we just completed (click to enlarge):

3D Doodle Boxes Features:

Ability to “draw” with boxes in full 3D
Super-simplified user interface that make it easy to casually pick and play with
Close to zero learning curve. It just works and there are no instructions.
Color and transparency palettes
Opaque or transparent boxes, and any degree in between!
Undo, redo, “lathe” mode, and more!
Fun!

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Gorgeous Random Color Scheme Gradient Generator for Photoshop

June 8, 2012 by Douglas Bonneville

Want some simply gorgeous random color scheme inspiration? This is the script for you! I’m working on a new ebook about color combinations to be released later this year. Part of the work for that book entails some very cool Photoshop and Illustrator scripting. One of the scripts, the intriguing one I’m sharing with you today, takes four random colors and creates a stunningly beautiful gradient from them. … [Read More]