Grady McFerrin

http://www.gmillustration.com/

 Grady McFerrin is a Los Angeles based illustrator and hand renderer. He was an original member of The Pencil Factory, a collaboration of artists.
http://printmag.com/Article/The-Pencil-Factory-An-Oral-History
Grady's books have been made into stationary, mostly journals an notebooks. He has also designed work for Bonny Doon Vineyard, a wine label and also a lot of magazines, book covers and as campaigns have signed him. Some include; Communication Arts, The Society of Illustrators, Print Magazine, and American Illustration and AIGA.
I like Grady McFerrin's work because of the hand rendered effect. As another designer, passionate about self-made, unique typography, I know that now a days, everyone if doing it! It's hard to be different because hand rendered types are becoming all the rage! Grady gives himself a unique style, he has a very printed look to his work and a dull palette most of the time.