Heraldry

Recently, as part of a private commission I was asked to recreated several English coat of arms. It was a  gift to the client's father as part of a larger research project into her family's history. There were four in total, Pyke, Jewett, Gilbert and Woodman. 

By combining written descriptions and very low res imagery of the shields or just parts of the shields I recreated each one in illustrator. Each one had its own unique challenge depending on how much information was available and then of course making sure they all still worked with each other.

The end result was a 11 x 17 poster of each coat of arms with a description beneath. I hear that both she and her father are very happy!