Mike Giant is a tattooist/graffiti artist who now run's the clothing line rebel 8.Personally I think Mike's type successes' are largely dependant on his experiences in other creative fields, being an ex tattooist his line work is impeccable, all his type form's are hand rendered, taking influence from perhaps non-graphic locations allows for his incredibly original style.
I think the appeal of hand rendered type to me as designer comes mostly from knowing how difficult it is to type set by hand, keeping the type in parallel with each other whilst adding creative flourish's is no easy task that isn't perfected in a short period of time.
I think mike's success in typography is reliant but not dependant on his skill as an illustrator, approaching typography in a different way to that of a graphic designer perhaps give's him a wider scope for creative letter form's never working from vector's or stock typeface only promotes original work.
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