I really don’t know a lot about the Hermes 3000, but it’s a pretty sweet looking typewriter if you ask me. I believe this is a newer/later version, as the original was more rounded and this one is more squared off. William Kotzwinkle wrote a novel and named it “Hermes 3000″… He also wrote the screenplay for Brokeback Mountain.
Other users of the Hermes 3000 include Sam Shepard, Stephen Fry, and Jack Kerouac, who wrote his final novel on a Hermes 3000.
And then there’s typewriter aficionado Tom Hanks (owner of over 250 typewriters) who said the Hermes 3000 would be the luxury item he would chose to take with him to a desert island.
Anyway, typewriters are beautiful machines and I like drawing machines and I like typewriters… so here we are!
In case you’re wondering, I do these sketches on an iPad using Procreate and an Apple Pencil. If you ever want a framed print of any of my sketches get in touch with me and we’ll work something out… Also, check out the Illustration page to see them all!
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