Ruff ’N’Tuff
RUFF ‘N’ TUFF.
RUFF ‘N’ TUFF IS AN EXPLORATION INTO JAMAICAN MUSIC AND SUBJECT MATTER THROUGH THE JUXTAPOSITION OF NATURE THEMED ILLUSTRATIONS AND THE USE OF TRUE AND TRIED TYPOGRAPHY TO CREATE AN UNEXPECTED VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF SOME OLDMUSICAL FAVORITES
BLOOD & FIRE.
INSPIRED BY NINEY THE OBSERVER’S JAMAICAN DANCEHALL HIT BY THE SAME TITLE; THE INHERENT CONNECTION BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH IS REPRESENTED BY JOINED DOUBLE GORILLA SKULLS
FONTS KABEL FF DUMIFU (mod.)
POLICE & THIEVES.
INSPIRED BY JUNIOR MURVIN’S SEMINAL HIT ABOUT THE ABUSE OF POWER BY BOTH AUTHORITIES AND CRIMINALS ALIKE, THE BEAR AND WOLVERINE, BOTH BEING NATURAL PREDATORS, BRING THE THEME TO LIFE
FONTS PISTILLI ROMAN THOROWGOOD
ROB ‘N’ THUG.
THE PLAY ON WORDS OF THE COMMON RUB ‘N’ TUG PHRASE DENOTING THE DUB VERSION OF A TRACK IS PERSONIFIED BY A CEREMONIAL BARONG (DEMON) MASK FROM THE ISLAND OF BALI, INDONESIA
FONTS AKZIDENZ GROTESK (mod.)
NATURAL SELECTOR.
COMBINING THE DARWINIAN THEORY ABOUT SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST AND THE JAMAICAN TERM FOR DISC JOCKEY, THE JAGUAR (PANTERA ONCA) IS THE ONLY LARGE CAT NATIVE TO THE AMERICAS
FONTS ADOBE CASLON SWASH (mod.) ADOBE CASLON
SCREAMING TARGET.
DEPARTING FROM THE COVER ARTWORK OF BIG YOUTH’S RECORD BY THE SAME NAME, THE PLIGHT OF DEFORESTATION ON MUCH OF THE WORLD’S FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMS IS ADDRESSED
FONTS UNIVERS GOUDY HEAVYFACE (mod.)
UPTON TOP RANKIN’.
CONSIDERED THE MOST INTELLIGENT OF THE NEW WORLD MONKEYS, THE CAPUCHIN MONKEY (CEBUS CAPUCINUS) AND ITS ARBOREOUS HABITAT EMBODY THE THEME OF ALTHEA & DONNA’S HIT SINGLE
FONTS FUTURA ITC RONDA (mod.)