The Typographic Illustrations of Marcelo Schultz

The Typographic Illustrations of Marcelo Schultz

on Apr 21st 2012 with 34 comments

Marcelo Schultz is a Brazilian designer and art director with a talent for producing fantastic typographic illustrations. His work typically has a 3D look and feel but is done entirely without the use of 3D tools or applications. In fact, Schultz’s weapon of choice is Photoshop. In this article we will take a look at some of our favorite pieces from his portfolio.

DDQ Design

The Skull of Rock!

Nike – Just Do It – Experimental Project

Awesome Type

Volkswagen "Bubble"

This piece is clearly not a typographic illustration but we thought it deserved to be featured nonetheless.

Nike – Just do It – Part II

LOVE. HATE. SEX. PAIN.

Coffee Lovers

Let’s Rock Around The World

Born To Shine

Let’s Rock Now!

OoOps!

 
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  • Angus Fretwell

    They are fairly horrible.

    • jon

      I’d love to see your work. Please post a link.

    • Tru

      I think his work is bloody amazing

      • http://www.mariosargeant.com Mario Sargeannt

        agreed!

    • Joe

      Haters gonna hate. Don’t feed the trolls.

  • Captain Morgan

    This work looks horribly dated already, and most of the examples are borderline illegible. 3/10

    • Chris

      Some of us were taught cursive in school =D Kidding. Maybe.

      I disagree. I scrolled through the page, purposely not looking at the captions, and I didn’t find any of them hard to read. I especially loved the first Nike one.

  • http://www.shapesforphotoshop.com Daniel

    Amazing typography illustrations, they are all unique with great level of detail. Honestly I wish I had half of his talent :)

  • http://www.designpanoply.com Design Panoply

    Love The Skull of Rock!

    It would be awesome to see the workflow that goes into these.

  • http://ak.gd André

    Would like to see a similiar tutorial on psd+ :)

    • http://www.marceloschultz.com Marcelo Schultz (@schultzdzn)

      Thanks everyone! Andre, that tutorial was made by me (BTW).

    • http://www.marceloschultz.com Marcelo Schultz (@schultzdzn)

      I have one tutorial here! (I forgot to write this)

  • geir B Nystad

    I used to like these, but now I am so bored of them, don’t interest me at all anymore

    • Mat

      You got something better to show us?

  • Aldo Fernandes Azevedo

    Very nice!

  • http://mhow.org.org Khan

    Wow, It’s really great..

  • jonathan

    I think these are really great whether you can read them or not. They are “illustrations” as well as typography.
    Captain Morgan and Angus Fretwell, if you have nothing nice to say about this guys work, rather show us something better, or try and stick to using Helvetica or Frutiger as you obviously seem to like doing so much.
    If this is dated or not, it’s still really great and so is all the detail. Well done.

    • http://www.marceloschultz.com Marcelo Schultz (@schultzdzn)

      Thanks!

  • http://www.tkstudiodesign.com Tomek

    The first four are great. Good and interesting design, some disigns at the bottom aren’t that great. IMO some readability and usability issues. VW is great, excellent creativity!

  • Mike

    And where’s the tutorial?
    Btw nice designs :)

  • Dougieladd

    Yet again, those who have no balls make stupid non-constructive comments on other peoples’ work. I for one think these pieces of work are amazingly good. Great work!

    • http://www.marceloschultz.com Marcelo Schultz (@schultzdzn)

      Thanks man!

  • Xull

    Really love the artworks. All the colours, shadows and details are perfect! I can understand how much time and efforts to make those designs. Looking forward to know how its done! Especially the 1st Nike’ Just Do It and the skull of rock. :D

  • Nate

    The coffee lovers and nike ones are my favorite.

  • http://wecreateyou.com wholmes

    Love the color and details in examples. Thanks for sharing, very inspiring…

  • http://www.mariosargeant.com mario sargeant

    This artist is super!

  • http://www.maiconweb.com Maicon Sobczak

    I liked the details. The Nike and Rock themes are the best. Ótimos trabalhos Marcelo.

  • Simon Mckeon

    They are awesome! I really like the LOVE. HATE. SEX. PAIN. one. The different shades of red create a very nice effect.

  • Natsume

    This is an awesome collection of work, truly beautiful. I can’t understand how people can complain, it’s creative and unique. At least give some constructive criticism if you dislike his work. In today’s world you’re not going to have a successful career as a designer if your style isn’t your own style.

    My favourite is ‘Coffee Lovers,’ great choice of colours and background. It makes me want to have a coffee! lol

    Anyways great job, don’t let the haters get to you.

    • http://www.behance.net/marceloschultz Marcelo Schultz (@schultzdzn)

      I’m glad, thanks mate!

  • Lawrence J

    Love love love these! Would very much like to see some more tutorials for Marcelo Schultz.

  • http://damatajhiz.com/ Hamid

    Oh my God … Volkswagen is a truly unique

  • Abhishek Pandey

    Marcelo, each one of your work is a gem. I simply find it hard to pick on any single piece and call it the best.
    I truly envy your skills. You’ve clearly done a real hard work. And your work is going to be inspiring me for a very long time.

    Respect.