Laura Serra

it was really lovely!

a bedroom with a ceiling fan above the bed ALT: a bedroom with a ceiling fan above the bed

But today I shall break the pattern! I’m in bed at 09:15.
Wish luck. 🍀

It’s so fascinating to be an illustrator with a f*ckd up sleep pattern. 7-10pm: I’m so tired, I might be dying. 11pm: I’m tired but let’s finish this first; 1am-3am I don’t need sleep I’m a workBEAST. 4am-6am Eh I could just stay up? 6am (birds start chirping) WHAT AM I DOING? SLEEP IS VITAL WTF… 🔄

Our 10th birthday party continues with a subset of the “100 Tens”. This clip includes a wide range of fabulous 1s contributed by:⁠
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Antic-Ham and Francis Van Maele of Redfoxpress⁠
Laura Serra @laureola.bsky.social
Laura Meseguer @laurameseguer.bsky.social
Martin Venezky @martinvenezky.bsky.social

Tree bender @stewf.com

"Ghislaine Maxwell remains the only child-rapist in history to receive well-wishes from a president of the United States."

Lawrence O'Donnell

I‘ve been enjoying my blood journey map a lot

time to delete my WeTransfer account!

Another concrete stamp: G. MUSSO 12-37

Another concrete stamp: P WILLIAMS & CO. OAKLAND

Another concrete stamp, this one in a shell shape: JEPSEM BROS 8X13 BERKLEY

Another concrete stamp: P. A. MERO 1921 RICHMOND

Since the start of the pandemic, @laureola.bsky.social and I have been taking (almost) daily walks, some days seeking a new East Bay street so I can shoot more stamps. There are now over 1,000 photos in the album.

Overhead photo of a sidewalk corner. A hand pulls back some grass to reveal a mark stamped in the concrete: “THE OAKLAND PAVING CO”. The Ns are mirrored.

Overhead photo of a sidewalk. A horseshoe shaped mark is stamped in the concrete.

Another concrete stamp, this one in a shield shape.

Another concrete stamp, “Chas. Comers & Sons / General Cement Contractors”. Below the mark is a diamond shaped mark reading, “UNION MADE 149 LOCAL #594”

Friends, do me a favor and walk around the block wherever you live. Do you see any contractor stamps in the concrete sidewalk or driveways? How many?

I’m wondering if #Oakland has more of these than anywhere else, or if it’s just my proximity bias.

So cool to see them all photographed the same way and organized!

That is some excellent work! Love the feathering and smol attempt of an apostrophe.

I drew a mandala in red, white and blue but it only started to “feel” US-American when I added stars. Fascinating.

Jim Parkinson, 1941–2025 Jim Parkinson—lettering artist, type designer, and painter—died today at his home in Oakland, California, after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s.

Jim Parkinson died today. He was a prolific and astoundingly gifted lettering artist, type designer, and painter. I feel lucky to say he was also my friend.

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Ah I miss drawing with my ink cartridge brush pen in my sketchbook! These sketches are so wonderful!!!

boiiii do I love your stroke and vision style!

these are so lovely! 🥰

when you leave the house and remember you left the stove on —tree edition

and now Fleetwood Mac. I’ll just move here.

Salesforce Park “office” of the day is ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. The speakers have been playing Van Halen, Soundgarden and Black Sabbath.

Letterform Archive’s “10 x 10 for 10 exhibition” opening happened last Saturday to celebrate their 10 year anniversary! ✨
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So I threw my so far 65 LfA portraits into a half head-turn (used to be really cool ca. 8y ago) to showcase them. Didn’t work as well as I thought, but you’ll get the gist.
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Panel 1: Mark Zuckerberg stands on the stage at a Meta all-hands meeting, wearing a little chain and a shirt that says "Cool Dude." "I think our company could use more Masculine Energy," he says into a mic. In the crowd, an employee raises their hand. "Excuse me, Mr. Zuckerberg," the person asks. Panel 2: The person stands up, asking, "By "Masculine Energy," do you mean a mature definition where men in power use their relative strength to protect and uplift those less privileged?" Panel 3: The person continues, "…or a more childish definition where men in power are free to be aggressive and harm others without being held accountable?" Panel 4: Zuck stands silent for a beat. Panel 5: "You're all fired," he says.

"Masculine Energy"

At Face/Interface 25, we're thrilled to announce the SILICON Type Design Incubator

In collab w/ @wordsoftype.com @letterformarchive.org @adobelive.bsky.social and @glyphsapp.com we invite students from *everywhere*, especially Digitally Disadvantaged Language communities

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A collection of 500+ old chopsticks wrappers, some of which are now online. letterformarchive.org/news/this-ju...

Thanks @letterformarchive.org

I’m still very attached to tumblr, since their blog style is so easy to use and you can schedule posts etc. Stuff you need paid external apps for to do. Tumblr is also a little bit more alive/active than Flickr.

Upkeep must be exhausting! Or even just remembering the passwords 😂

I don’t blame you. I think on each SocMed platform you have accounts for your 8-10 projects (stewf, letterformarchive, typographica, anatomyoftype, midcenturymodernist, fontsinuse, chromeography, typereview, 12point, fleurcoiffeurliqueur,…more?).

If you’re unsure where to stand on generative AI, seek the opinion of a friend who can really draw, design, or write. Their answer may be instructive.

Why would you exit tumblr though?