POSTER

So here it is... the final poster. I wanted to go for a simple black and white poster to illustrate the typeface in a clear yet interesting way. Love it that there are random hidden words like 'joy' and 'art'. Hurray!

Puddleduck

I have christened my typeface Puddleduck because it reminds me of the kind of type you find in children's story books. It has a gentle, slightly playful yet relatively conservative feel and I'm Sure Beatrix Potter would be delighted...

Now on to the poster. Nearly there

FINAL DESIGN!!!

After many sleepless nights stressing about my typeface and how to construct it... and many hours hunched over my laptop trying to manipulate my wayward pen tool I realised i was missing the point of the exercise. So on to PLAN B - a simplified design working with an oval template and the line tool, in order to actually learn about the construction of letterforms. My brain needed a formula to work around so creativity stepped down with her tail between her legs to make room for logic. I started with an unevenly weighted stroke to add interest but eventually rejected this idea as it proved to be far too complicated to balance the letterforms. So here we are... eventually

Teaching myself Illustrator

A long and incredibly frustrating journey begins...

... even more drawings...

Drawings scanned and imported into Illustrator - to be turned into a template and traced.

... more drawings...

Struggling to decide where to go from here I started working on graph paper. I was hoping to find a formula to work from but ended up getting more confused by the restrictions of working on the grid.

Sketches for typeface

Initial sketches exploring ideas for the design of my typeface. I tried to loosen up by experimenting with ink, writing holding two pencils, paintbrushes, calligraphy pens etc.

Illuminated Letterforms - My Initials HC

Here I have painted my Initials in gouache, taking inspiration from the Book of Kells. The mermaid and the snake represent different aspects of my personality. Ha ha thats as much as I'm saying about that! I really enjoyed this exercise and I think you can tell that a lot of time and effort went into it.

My name in Trajan

Tracing of my name in Trajan for homework. I printed out the Trajan alphabet on A3 and traced my name in pen. Looking at it now the L's seem to be too close together.