October 4, 2009

A little Adobe-flavored bloodletting

Longtime InDesign PM Will Eisley has decorated his inner forearms with some bold type (larger image). Replying to my sharp-eyed wife, he says, "Yes, the marks are color and grayscale bars which are part of InDesign's printing marks." Hard core.

Next up, he says is "a series of 3's in ITC Franklin Gothic Heavy. One of the best 3's in all of typography, IMO." Will also recommends checking out Body Type, dedicated to tattoo typography.

Previously:

[Photo courtesy of John Cornicello]

Posted by John Nack at 1:38 PM on October 4, 2009

Comments

tim lindner — 3:03 PM on October 4, 2009 Reply to this comment

If I get one more Permanent Dermal Figure (PDF) with the marks offset to zero I'll scream.

Stephan Bollinger — 5:08 PM on October 4, 2009 Reply to this comment

this gives the word "bleed" a new meaning...

NotSteveGordon — 5:24 PM on October 4, 2009 Reply to this comment

Seems that the tat includes bleed marks, not crop marks.

Bret Linford — 6:27 PM on October 4, 2009 Reply to this comment

I'd recommend profiling the right arm and converting the left arm to the right arms color space to get the colors to match better...

seppel — 6:03 AM on October 5, 2009 Reply to this comment

The color and grayscale bars are INSIDE the image... upps..?

Will Eisley replied to comment from seppel — 7:32 AM on October 5, 2009 Reply to this comment

That's true. I had to play with the position of the marks and color bars to get the aesthetic I wanted

Ken — 9:07 AM on October 5, 2009 Reply to this comment

John,

Can I join this new adobe cult? I want to paint my "bleed" on at my age of 63. The wrinkles get me every time..lol

Ken in KY

debbi Smirnoff — 7:18 AM on October 7, 2009 Reply to this comment

Wouldn't it be funny if the color bars were trademarked and he had to forfeit his arms? LOL
Debbi

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