BEING WORDICAL WITH CHANK DIESEL.
A Visual & Written Essay by Chunk Patrick.
Do this!
Yeah!
Yes!
Chank's early fonts found deep in the archives of Cake Magazine. Circa 1994-ish.
Every year Chank does a self portrait in January. That's a rad idea.
Chank art.
More art.
Some of Chank's fonts found in the real world.
Close-up. Hello face.
Chank's roof-top imagination station.
Oh, Hello. Lets talk about the one Mr. Chank Diesel for a minute.
First off, according to a party goer at the last party I attended, "Chank, oh yeah, he knows everyone. Or I guess everyone knows Chank." Hum, well that would certainly be a lot of people to keep track of... I only know almost everyone... so Chank has got me beat. Nicez.
But, just in case you're one of those folks who does not already know Chank I'll fill you in on his magical wordical goodness.
Chank is a Twin Cities based custom font designer, painter, artist, and knower of everyone. He also happens to be a very nice fellow and taller than I am so very good at taking stellar group photos via his very smart phone. Which of course is an underrated skill.
I've known Chank for a few years and have always enjoyed his company and conversation-ing over a tasty adult beverage. However, I didn't know how totally font famous he was until we sat down for this jam session.
Chank's custom fonts can be found all over the world (literally) via all kinds of mediums, websites, food packaging, book covers, inside video games, stickers, ring tones (ok, I made that one up), but you get my point - the dudes words or rather word designs are everywhere. Whoa.
On a serious note- if you stop and think about it for a second it is kind of amazing to realize that all of the worlds letters had to be hand designed by someone at some point. And that this is a real job! If I were a font designer the best I could do would be to create all fonts using Crayons in my own horrible handwriting. Which would mean that every word everywhere would be ugly. So, it's a good thing Chank does what he does!
The other thing I learned about the one Mr. Chank superstar is that he is also a painter. As you might imagine much of his painted works have and use letters and words. Bam! Zoom! Zoyinks!
Beyond that he paints interesting portraits, yearly self portraits, and architectural works. He's very much a fine artist.
I really enjoyed checking out his archives of numbered works that he's created over the years and appreciate the large body of work he's produced. It's always fun to be able to see how an artist changes and grows over the years. One thing that has stayed consistant in his work is that he's always producing new stuff and exploring new territory. It was great to be able to see so many different approaches and styles he's developed over the years. Again, I knew he was a killer-tastic font designer, but didn't know he was such a talented fine artists too.
On a bro to bro level I really like Chank and I love knowing he's rocking a career as a font designer in our hood. If you're a person who likes to collect original fine art prints I would check out his collection because he's got tons of cool original pieces that would add some snap to any room. I also have a sneaking suspicion his fine art prints will end-up gaining some good auction value for the monied collector set as well, if you're into that angle within the art world.
Thanks Chank for being so totally radical and making the world a more artful space!
Read about Chank in the newspaper HERE!
Find Chank on Wikipedia. (Dude must be famous.)
Follow Chank on Twitter.
Like Chank on Facebook.
And check out Chank on the MN Originals TV series HERE. Awesome!
A Visual & Written Essay by Chunk Patrick.
Do this!
Yeah!
Yes!
Chank's early fonts found deep in the archives of Cake Magazine. Circa 1994-ish.
Every year Chank does a self portrait in January. That's a rad idea.
Chank art.
More art.
Some of Chank's fonts found in the real world.
Close-up. Hello face.
Chank's roof-top imagination station.
Oh, Hello. Lets talk about the one Mr. Chank Diesel for a minute.
First off, according to a party goer at the last party I attended, "Chank, oh yeah, he knows everyone. Or I guess everyone knows Chank." Hum, well that would certainly be a lot of people to keep track of... I only know almost everyone... so Chank has got me beat. Nicez.
But, just in case you're one of those folks who does not already know Chank I'll fill you in on his magical wordical goodness.
Chank is a Twin Cities based custom font designer, painter, artist, and knower of everyone. He also happens to be a very nice fellow and taller than I am so very good at taking stellar group photos via his very smart phone. Which of course is an underrated skill.
I've known Chank for a few years and have always enjoyed his company and conversation-ing over a tasty adult beverage. However, I didn't know how totally font famous he was until we sat down for this jam session.
Chank's custom fonts can be found all over the world (literally) via all kinds of mediums, websites, food packaging, book covers, inside video games, stickers, ring tones (ok, I made that one up), but you get my point - the dudes words or rather word designs are everywhere. Whoa.
On a serious note- if you stop and think about it for a second it is kind of amazing to realize that all of the worlds letters had to be hand designed by someone at some point. And that this is a real job! If I were a font designer the best I could do would be to create all fonts using Crayons in my own horrible handwriting. Which would mean that every word everywhere would be ugly. So, it's a good thing Chank does what he does!
The other thing I learned about the one Mr. Chank superstar is that he is also a painter. As you might imagine much of his painted works have and use letters and words. Bam! Zoom! Zoyinks!
Beyond that he paints interesting portraits, yearly self portraits, and architectural works. He's very much a fine artist.
I really enjoyed checking out his archives of numbered works that he's created over the years and appreciate the large body of work he's produced. It's always fun to be able to see how an artist changes and grows over the years. One thing that has stayed consistant in his work is that he's always producing new stuff and exploring new territory. It was great to be able to see so many different approaches and styles he's developed over the years. Again, I knew he was a killer-tastic font designer, but didn't know he was such a talented fine artists too.
On a bro to bro level I really like Chank and I love knowing he's rocking a career as a font designer in our hood. If you're a person who likes to collect original fine art prints I would check out his collection because he's got tons of cool original pieces that would add some snap to any room. I also have a sneaking suspicion his fine art prints will end-up gaining some good auction value for the monied collector set as well, if you're into that angle within the art world.
Thanks Chank for being so totally radical and making the world a more artful space!
Read about Chank in the newspaper HERE!
Find Chank on Wikipedia. (Dude must be famous.)
Follow Chank on Twitter.
Like Chank on Facebook.
And check out Chank on the MN Originals TV series HERE. Awesome!
