User:Inprintmag/Designer Elo

Elo Designer is well known as an artist, illustrator, graphic designer and typographer, from California. He is the creator of InPrint Magazine,featuring personal works and visual arts of various designers around the globe, Elo’s personal works also includes collages, retro styles, bright colors and typefaces. Elo’s clients include Urban Outfitters,HBO and Society6. He does freelance illustration and graphic design for professional clients, but he sells his personal works to galleries or to individual clients upon request.He has been in the business of design since the mid 1991s.

Elo was born in 1986 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. From childhood, Elo was a prolific drawer. His earliest artistic memory is from first grade classes, when he drew over the character of the books he didn’t like or thought were boring. This early display of artistic skill greatly impressed his teachers, and Elo cites that moment as the first time he recognized his own talent. At the age of 20, Elo developed an interest in Graphic and Fine Arts. He was mostly impressed with Retro and Victorian styles weathered textures of the streets. which led to his discovery of grunge digital typography. On living in San Diego, Elo has stated that "California is a fantastic place" that he enjoys for the weather and beauty. He has also stated that his country's appeal is marred by “different political points of views”, religion, and crime".

Creative works

Media that Elo has worked with include digital, pencil, paint, computer, photography, and collages. Elo’s illustrations have a characteristic vintage feel and an old-era style, which he discusses in an interview with Gianna Hughes from Proxart Magazine.

My art is an influence of everything I have seen out there: The new and the old, the present and the past, vintage images, textures and lots of bright colors. I believe colors can bring your designs to a whole different level of interest and also cause different reactions to different people. I love working with them, but that can turn into a dangerous zone very fast when it comes to design. I believe that old graphics were unbelievable more beautiful than what we have today. I admit that Somehow clean lines from the computer bother me, because it feels so cold and mechanical Elo is also known for his ability to create beautiful logo letter-forms and his love of typography. He states that "typography for me is so strong because it’s a mixture of both 'words' and 'image'. What can be more powerful than that when trying to communicate something?"

Elo is also known for his ability to create beautiful logo letter-forms and his love for typography. He states that "typography for me is so strong because it’s a mixture of both 'words' and 'image'. What can be more powerful than that when trying to communicate something?"