*DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE PICTURES. Please note that the pictures are samples from past clients. Each new order will be a unique customised design*
Seal engraving or Zhuanke (Chinese/Japanese: 篆刻) is considered an art form in China and most East Asian countries. It doesn’t matter if you do not have a Chinese name as most names can be translated into appropriate Chinese characters. For non-Chinese names, the characters chosen will be phonetically close and poetically coined together (just like how most Chinese folks name their kids).
Seals are usually designed with traditional oracle or seal scripts which dates back from the Shang-Qin dynasties in China. Characters can be carved in either positive or negative (red or white characters) and they are read from right to left.
Like traditional seal engravings, the characters are carefully selected (yes there are many ways to write a single Chinese character) and composed to give a distinct aesthetic to the name. The design is also ‘handcrafted’ in a similar reductive fashion like traditional seal engraving. Hence the result is a unique seal design similar to that carved from a stone, but at a fraction of the cost of commissioning an actual seal.
As a digital file, it can be also be conveniently incorporated into your future print projects (name cards, letterheads, albums, website graphics, t-shirts etc)!
BigBrownMonster will provide:
- A translation of what each Chinese character in your name means
- Print ready and web ready files
- Digital formats of seal design:
- adobe pdf
- gif
- JPEG (jpg)
- PNG (png. PNG files can be saved with transparent backgrounds for web page if required)
- Files provided in CMYK and RGB colour
Kindly contact BigBrownMonster to enquire about your unique seal designs OR if you want an actual seal engraved (custom orders only).
More details can be also be found here:
http://printables.bigbrownmonster.com/seal-designs/