Fonts & Funghi

Once just a playful joke among colleagues, “Font&Funghi” (Italian for “Font and Mushrooms”) has now blossomed into a personal passion project. Here, I’ve whimsically paired some of my favorite typefaces with vibrant 3D mushrooms. Designed, modeled, and rendered by hand, these little delights come straight from the forest to your screen
Year
2023
Role
3D Artist
Agency
Personal Project
Welcome to the wood
When I was a kid, my parents always took me to the mountains to hunt for mushrooms. They’re beautiful, with the colors of the forest, and delicious too. But you’ve got to know which ones can turn a feast into a fiasco. All the models were brought to life using Blender, blending creative shapes with non-realistic textures to make them pop on the screen.
Not an ordinary font
If my younger self adored mushrooms, my grown-up version has fallen head over heels for typefaces. Sans-serif, serif, narrow, grotesque… you name it! The font forest is so abundant, and only a true connoisseur can pluck the finest ones. So, I dedicated this project to all those type foundries that have graced my projects over the years.
A heartfelt thanks to my colleagues for this incredible mountain adventure that led to the creation of this project. And a special credit to @jamesboorman, who kindly allowed me to add his magical little mushroom to my collection after transforming his illustration into 3D.
In this solo project, I had a blast taking care of the following tasks with a touch of delightful madness:
Creative Director • Art Director • 3D Artist • Look Dev • Animator
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