Grafik Aircraft By Nick Harrison

Paper planes and cotton tees drenched in bold graphic aircraft

Hello, my name is Nick, AV geek and graphic designer.

In a nutshell, I want to create an online graphic design store dedicated to aircraft. I have 6 designs so far and I'll carry on designing more aircraft until I have enough prints to launch. I'm also hoping by next summer I will be able to take my paper planes to the biggest airshow in the UK. 

With your support I can keep working with GF Smith Papers, the wing commander of luxury paper and each piece will be a hand-pulled by Gary, fighter ace and formidable marksman at The Private Press, a really cool contemporary screen printer in Brighton. I'll also be working locally with a young creative lad full of guts building his own design led t-shirt brand, and most importantly, Flying Officer Lindsay, the local postal lady who makes sure everyone receives their aircraft.

Together we all work on producing beautiful aircraft for everyone who loves to fly.

✈ Elite Edition T-shirts

Falcon v Blackbird

Morse code decoded: F-16 Fighting Falcon / SR-71 Blackbird  

Tornado v Typhoon

Morse code decoded: Tornado / Typhoon

Tomcat v Raptor

Morse code decoded: F-14 Tomcat / F-22 Raptor

✈ Sample T-shirt

T-shirt detail

Hand-pulled by Flight Lieutenant Sam onto pre-shrunk 100% organic ringspun cotton.

Colour: Smoke Size: S / M / L / XL / XXL Chest (to fit): Small: 34/36 / Medium: 38/40 / Large: 42/44 XL: 46/48 XXL: 50/52

Shirt template courtesy of Angel A. Acevedo | www.angelaacevedo.com

☰✪☰ The prints

Beautifully designed, intelligently engineered aircraft from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy.

☰✪☰ SR-71 Blackbird 

Morse code typography: SR-71 Blackbird (left) Strategic reconnaissance aircraft (right) My initials NH (bottom right).

Print process: Screen printed in stealth mode, clear gloss vanish and red ink onto tank-like matt black paper. Size: 420 x 594 mm / 16.5 x 23.4 in. Frame not included.

Sample: Clear gloss vanish on matt black

Colour options: Only available in black.

☰✪☰ F-14 Tomcat (US Navy)

Morse code typography: F-14 Tomcat (left) Variable sweep wing combat aircraft (right) My initials NH (bottom right).

☰✪☰ F-22 Raptor

Morse code typography: F-22 Raptor (left) Stealth tactical combat aircraft (right) My initials NH (bottom right).

☰✪☰  F-16 Fighting Falcon

Morse code typography: F-16 Fighting Falcon (left) Multi-role combat aircraft (right) My initials NH (bottom right).

Print process: Screen printed with metallic silver ink onto tank-like matt black paper. Size: 420 x 594 mm / 16.5 x 23.4 in. Frame not included.

Colour options: Sun-blinding orange / Royal Blue.

✈ Sun-blinding orange / Royal Blue.

☰✪☰ F-14 Tomcat

☰✪☰ F-22 Raptor

☰✪☰ F-16 Fighting Falcon

Photoshop mock-up

✈ Typhoon / Tornado

✈ The story

Last year, I created a series of twitter art aircraft. Using only 140 Twitter characters was limiting, but I managed to create a Tornado GR4 and a Eurofighter Typhoon using squares, circles, half circles, triangles, dots, dashes, lines and anything else I could lay my keyboard on. I've developed the designs for the prints but kept the minimalist feel of the twitter art.

This year I wanted to do some personal work, combining aircraft and design with beautiful paper and printing techniques.

The two things came together. And here I am, again. ✈

✈ Previously funded Kickstarter

Tornado before and after

Typhoon before and after

This time, I wanted to follow on from my first Kickstarter and continue building the GA1 squadron of aircraft prints. Again I've stripped down the detail of each aircraft to the bare minimum, creating a graphic mark that I hope captures the character and look of each aircraft.

 ✈ Images from previous Kickstarter project

Below are a few images of the final prints.

“Aviation is proof that, given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.” 

Edward Vernon Rickenbacker

Beautiful paper drenched in metallic silver aircraft, what's not to love, Help make this happen by being a backer or by sharing on social media above, thank you.

Risks and challengesLearn about accountability on Kickstarter

✈ Delivery

All prints will be rolled in acid-free paper, packed in heavy duty postal tubes and despatched by Royal Mail/Airmail for UK and international delivery. I will create postal labels for each, copying and pasting the address from the details you supply.

✈ Morse code
All the morse code has been redrawn from the international morse code chart on wikipedia. I've double checked the information and I will be doing a final triple check before pressing print. If any eagle-eyed backers do spot any mistakes please give me a shout.

✈ Open Edition v Limited Edition
The designs above are open editions which means I have the option to reuse the design elements at a later date for other substrates. I have a plan for the future to reuse the graphic marks and stating Limited Edition falls into a grey area which I don't fully understand, even after my research. But it could prevent me from experimenting with the graphic marks using different printing techniques in the future.

The above designs are the original originals, where it all began, signed and numbered.

✈ The Paper
The matt finish is beautiful but not a fan of greasy fingers. I recommend you wash your hands like you've never washed your hands before. Be gentle when you are removing the print from the tube and unrolling it.

Credit
Thanks to Wing Commander Kamen at www.gfsmith.com : true pro.

✈ Screen printing
Due to the hand-made nature of the piece you may see small flecks of ink which have come from the print process: these are perfect imperfections and form part of the originality of the print.

The process takes around 30 days so I'll keep everyone updated with images so you can see the journey of your print.

Credit
Thanks to Fighter Ace Gary at http://theprivatepress.org : cool guy.
✈ Thank you