Design
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The graphic artist selected for the Jacques Cartier stamp, Yves Paquin, had to modify his artwork on a few occasions. At France's request, the horizontal format was selected. The banner and the inscription "Cartier 1534" were removed. As well, the Saint-Malo coat of arms was replaced by those from Cartier's time, displaying a rampant dog. Finally, a short terra-cotta pipe was substituted for the long-feathered pipe, which was not in fact used by the American Indians Cartier met. Yves Paquin is shown here working on a version that includes these corrections. His tools basically consist of a set square, a compass and an "ideographic" grid of his design, which can be seen in the background. Yves Paquin spent close to 200 hours on this project. |
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For the Historic Land Vehicles series, illustrator Cameron Wykes designed the various topics
on a computer, with a wealth of detail rarely seen on Canadian stamps. The Aldus FreeHand
software package was used to generate the line drawings, shadings and colours. The
designers used the QuarkXPress desktop publishing software for the typography and
montage. Using computer software greatly simplifies the task of the stamp designer, who can
freely manipulate the computer-generated images.
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Excerpt from the video in which Cameron Wykes explains his computer-generated images. Provided by the Canada Post Corporation. |
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