Grim up North Heath

Category: Print on Demand

  • Love is in the air…

    Love is in the air…

    …in every sight and every online shop.

    Why would Heath Way Prints be any different?

    Throw pillow
    Main shop
    The “Je t’aime” design on a throw pillow.

    French is supposedly the language of love. Certainly to the ears of someone who grew up only hearing English and the occasional Scots Gaelic, the words “Je t’aime” sound more pleasing than “Ich liebe dich”. But to German ears, what does “I love you” sound like? Do they prefer “Te Amo” or would the Dutch “Ik houd van je” sound exotic?

    Background text for the design. Fourteen languages, mainly European because I couldn’t work out how to get other alphabets.

    This design was done in Canva. I only made it a week ago and I have forgotten which languages I used. I think there’s German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Welsh, Scots Gaelic, Swahili and Polish. Oh, and English (thanks to Mrs S for reminding me about that one!).

    To make the final design I repeated the background text at random angles and set the opacity down. Then a nice pink gradient as background and it was ready for the main image.

    The main text was done in TC Milo, black with a light pink outline. The massive kiss is one of the graphics that Canva supplies.

    Summary of fonts used for this design.

    This design looked better on some items than on others. I only did one item of clothing, the black sleeved t-shirt. And the apron, if that counts as clothing. Buttons below link to the products.

    The “je t’aime” design on tote bag, t shirt, clock and apron.
    Tote bag
    T shirt
    Clock
    Apron

  • Koffein -Redbubble

    Koffein -Redbubble

    Having done a design with caffeine, I thought I’d go multilingual with a German-language version of the design.

    This is on RedBubble, so it is available on a wide range of items.

    Koffein design on Redbubble
    Cartoon of a caffeine molecule with the word 'Koffein' underneath.
    The German language version of the Caffeine design. There’s some tweaks to the lighting and a change in font, but the aesthetic is the same.

    As discussed in the previous post, this uses Bauhaus, a slightly different font to Berliner that I used in the English language version. I’ve kept the same aesthetic as before, I like the ligne clair look of the cartoon and the ball and stick molecular model is a design classic that has served chemists for decades.

    The ball and stick model was first used by August Wilhelm von Hofmann in 1865, so this year is the 160th anniversary of the ball and stick model. Hofmann’s is a name familiar to all organic chemists, with several organic reactions named after him as well as a device for electrolysing water.