At first I got the wrong end of the stick (apparently) and chose the children's publishing text that was all about creepy crawly facts! I wanted to take an adult spin on them and create an old school monster movie poster but was quickly shot down when I spoke to my lecturer, gutted! And so I had to quickly come up with another idea with the text that was meant for the general illustrators, luckily i'd mind mapped for both right at the start (I'm learning to be thorough!) and so I had my idea and just had to push it a little further.
I'm learning that my idea process isn't necessarily bad and that so far *touch wood* I've managed to come up with ideas that not only the lecturers have ok'd but also I've liked them too. For me, it's being able to carry through the idea that's in my head (or something that looks similar to it) to be executed well and to a good quality. But I'm working on that!
Anyway, we were given several descriptions of things beginning with "D" and had to chose three we wanted to use, there was also a requirement to had the letter D on the page somewhere too. I chose ditto, dot and doodle. Dot (as in time) is represented by the clock face, Ditto is represented by the double apostrophes around the edge and Doodle is represented by the doodle type inside the face.
First rough visual.
The first rough was successful and got the ok and I got to work on the finals. I saw this as an opportunity to work with lino cut for typography, which I'd never tried before. Now I did try to work on a larger scale than normal to save any fiddly bits but it still wasn't big enough! and so I chose to just print selected words and then ink the rest in with a dip-pen after.
Final Lino cut with dip pen.
I cleaned the lino up in Photoshop (something I'm understanding a lot more nowadays!) before taking it into illustrator (understanding, not so much) to add the text that was required.
Final Image.
Like I said before, we had to look at typography, something I'm not as picky about as some in my class! Too me type is type, it depends on the circumstance and how exactly you're using it and probably will never get into a heated debate on the apparently condemned Comic Sans. But I researched into some types and thought that this image needed a sketchy type as opposed to a formal one, I tried out a few and chose this one which is for some reason called LoveYaLikeASister. I didn't make it!
After a group crit this is the feedback I had: The text inside the apostrophes is not particularly legable (something that my course tutor said wasn't important, but wasn't there on the day of the crit!) They liked the typeface I had chosen and although they found it difficult to read the lino type they liked it overall with the only change I have to make being the apostrophe lettering. Overall not bad feedback.
We've also been looking at typography in groups after being assigned a typeface to research before giving a 10 minute presentation on why our typeface blows the others out of the water. Thankfully I didn't get san serif or serif but display! Yay! The other was hand drawn which I would have happily taken too! Anyway I personally have been looking at how typography can be used with imagery. Something that definitely helped with this brief. It made me think about the use of typography and what it can add to the image. We've not sat down as a group and put all the research together yet but I'll post about it when we do.
In first year I think I actually cringed when typography was mentioned, either that or I didn't take any notice because I didn't see any relevance to what I did. By doing these briefs and having more involvement in typography, my attitude is changing towards type and although I have a preference of hand drawn fonts, I do see its relevance, whatever form it comes.
After a group crit this is the feedback I had: The text inside the apostrophes is not particularly legable (something that my course tutor said wasn't important, but wasn't there on the day of the crit!) They liked the typeface I had chosen and although they found it difficult to read the lino type they liked it overall with the only change I have to make being the apostrophe lettering. Overall not bad feedback.
We've also been looking at typography in groups after being assigned a typeface to research before giving a 10 minute presentation on why our typeface blows the others out of the water. Thankfully I didn't get san serif or serif but display! Yay! The other was hand drawn which I would have happily taken too! Anyway I personally have been looking at how typography can be used with imagery. Something that definitely helped with this brief. It made me think about the use of typography and what it can add to the image. We've not sat down as a group and put all the research together yet but I'll post about it when we do.
In first year I think I actually cringed when typography was mentioned, either that or I didn't take any notice because I didn't see any relevance to what I did. By doing these briefs and having more involvement in typography, my attitude is changing towards type and although I have a preference of hand drawn fonts, I do see its relevance, whatever form it comes.
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