here I have presented my viewer with an image of a large letter x with the definition and history of the typeface Claredon written underneath it. I began this by first researching the information in needed of this font after which I then chose the letter x to display on the front of this piece of paper. later I cut out the letter x using a scalpel knife which revealed the images of the boats and ankers that I then glued to the back of the first piece of paper.
I have repeated the same method for this piece that I had earlier used for my Claredon piece
I have chosen the lobster typeface to re-create and cut out of card. I have chosen this particular typeface as I believe it to be pleasing to the eye and thought that cutting its curved form from card would be a somewhat challenging task.I began this prosses by first redrawing to scale the typed out typeface that reads the word create after which I then cut out the letters using a scalpel knife. once this was done I then glued a piece of blue paper that I had earlier designed a green and orange cross on to the back of the yellow card with the cutout letters resulting in my final outcome.
I used the same method I had put in to practice in my earlier piece.
this piece was made using the method I had used in the first two images. however, in this design, I have incorporated more detail by filling in the interior space with random images
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This piece was made from plasticine and lego I have chosen these materials as I believe they expressed the word Play well as these items are intrinsically linked to the idea of being creative and having fun. however, I do think that the letters themselves even though bright in colour and fun are to thin. therefor I will look to design future typefaces much thicker.
I am pleased with this letter I. as I feel I have given this letter a fun and charismatic twist.
This typography was made using mass amounts of clay and small amounts of lego. this typeface was designed inspired by the vegan typeface I had earlier analysed. this fact can be seen taking place in the very curved and somewhat extravagant stylings of the letters. I am pleased with this outcome as I feel that it is creative, bright and fun. however, if I were to re-create this design I would have made the letters bigger as I feel that this would allow the mixed colours of the clay to stand out better.
this letter s is made from liquorice pieces. I am happy with this letter as it is clear however I feel that it is to simple and will look to incorporate more materials into my designs.this letter s has been made using liquorice pieces and moulding clay. I feel I have created a better design that is neater and has good contrast and ill look to use this typeface again in future development.
Here I have experimented with liquorice pieces and thick amounts of glitter glue. I have painted over the liquorice pieces in order to cause them to look as though they are sour while using the glitter clue to resemble strawberry sauce and melted liquorice laces.
this typeface has been created using glitter glue and liquorice. I am pleased with this outcome however if I were to do this image again I would use thicker amounts of wet glitter glue and a better camera.
This typeface that spells the word sugar was made from coffee granules which I intended to combine with caster sugar. I was going to place the sweetener within the line that can be seen travelling through the letters of this typeface. I did not do this after finding that the sweetener I used caused the coffee to melt, turning in to a black liquid. having discovered this I instead mixed some coffee granules with very small amounts of sweetener which turned the coffee into a darker shade of brown which I used to create this burnt like effect. I then finished off this design with almond nuts that I placed in the top corners of this image.
sweets mood boardmoulding clay mood boardglitter glue and sour patch kids typeface examples mood boardmoulding clay and liquorice typeface examples mood boardHere I have chosen the Af Pepsi and the backpack typeface from my typography mood boards I intend to use the AF Pepsi typeface to present my first chosen sentence sugar rush. that I will make out of thick glitter glue, sour patch and googly eyes.
here I have experimented with the first two letters of my sugar rush typeface. In this design, I have attempted to use the glitter glue in such a way that it looks as though it has been made out of the same material as the sour patch sweets. I believe that I have achieved this likeness by using the same colours as the sour patch sweets and through using excessive amounts of the glitter glue while also incorporating the eyes I have stuck on the sour patch kids sweets.
there are my individual designs for my glitter glue alphabet. I have chosen to design these letters at an angle with no serifs.
I am pleased with my final outcomes as I believe that my designs are fun and original. as well as this I feel that the slight angle that I have set these letters at gives my typeface character. I have chosen to place a sour patch kid sweet on every character of my capital letters as I believed that this caused the letters to appear to be made out of melted sour patch kids. I have chosen to only incorporate sour patch kids into my capital letter designs and not my lowercase letters as I felt that by doing this I effectively exaggerated the importance of these capital letters while also causing them to look fun and creative.
here I have presented my audience with my lowercase typeface that I had created in glitter glue and plastic eyes. I am pleased with these outcomes as I believe that they are neat and clear.
This is the final outcome of my glitter glue and sour patch typeface. I am pleased with this as I believe my typography is clear, vibrant in colour and creativity.here I have furthered the final outcome of my sentence that reads sugar rush. I have done this by incorporating more sweets to better express the meaning behind the sentence sugar rush. I have not included the sour patch kids heads in my capital letters as I felt that incorporating these into this design would look too excessive and overpower the overall design.Here I had begun designing my curved alphabet in moulding clay. while doing this I felt that these designs were too childlike and simple. having been displeased with these outcomes then decided to use a different material for this task.
I intend to fashion my final typeface for my alphabet inspired buy this serif font called a backpack. I have chosen this font as I find it to be very elegant and interesting I will look to re-create its curved styling.
Here I have created a curved serif font in which I have designed using metallic beads and glitter crystals I put these in to practice buy first placing the metallic beads around the outline I had drawn earlier which I then filled in the centre with the glitter crystals. I repeated this method throughout this font. I am pleased with this final outcome as I believe that the final designs are clear, colourful and intriguing.
Design report
I started this assignment by first researching many different typefaces looking at decorative fonts, script fonts, serif fonts and san serif fonts. After I had become familiar with these different types of letterforms, I began to experiment with creating some typefaces in different materials some of which included the use of a combination of plasticine and Lego ,that after using I was first very fond with as I felt that the letters I had made were bright in colour and play full but after further research in to typefaces that were created using these materials found that my designs were in fact to thin, and nowhere near technical. Having found this I then decided to experiment with food materials using liquorice all sorts that I started to use to create a letter S which had proven that the cubed and chunky form of these sweets did not work well for creating a curved look and caused the letter to look bulky and simple.
Therefore I moved into a granule based material using coffee and sweetener which did prove to be useful for creating more complex’s letter forms but was unfortunately unsuccessful as the sweetener I was using unpredictably reacted with the coffee causing it to melt.
After many attempts with different materials, I discovered that the combination of glitter glue and sour patch kid sweets worked rather well as the liquid base of this glue was easy to form any style typeface with. while also resembling the material of the sour patch kid sweets, that added character and fun to my overall designs.
Once I had come to this conclusion, I then searched for an appropriate typeface that allowed me to choose the AF PESSI font that I was very fond of due to its slight leaning style that I thought was also striking, bold and clear. After I had chosen this type face I then began to draw my letters re-creating its bold, square edged form that I later filled in with the glitter glue that I painted on to the insula sketches using a paintbrush. once I had filed in the letter designs I strategically placed novelty eyes on the letters. I finished off the capital letters of this alphabet with the heads of sour patch kids that I had earlier stuck novelty eyes on to as I felt that this exaggerated the importance of my capital letters. I am pleased with my glitter glue and sour patch kid alphabet as I feel that my letters are vibrant in colour, fined and could feature on an American candy product.
I began my second typeface with the intention to create my letters out of plasticine, first researching various script like serif fonts. While doing this I came across a font that was called backpack which had curved edges and series of which I believed looked elegant while also being bold a style combination in which I believed to be unique and intriguing having found this I decided that I was going to design my typeface inspired by this font.
I did this by mimicking and exaggerating its curved stylings and bold form of which I roughly designed in pencil first. Once I was pleased with my individual designs, I began to create these letters in plasticine of which I had previously experimented with in earlier design but after using this marital over a few of my letters I began to feel that this material cheapened the design and caused the typeface to look childlike and dull. having realised this I then began to search for a new material which led me to stumbled across metallic beads and glitter crystals. I put these new materials into practice buy first placing the metallic beads around the outline that I had done earlier which I then filed the interior of the shape in with glitter crystals. Once this was finished, I realised that this combination of materials was practical for this task as they were easy to form into the curved shapes of my letters and added a significant amount of detail to the final designs while glitter crystals also added texture and colour to this alphabet.
I am pleased with this final outcome as I feel that my letterforms are clear and somewhat professional looking and believe my overall alphabet to look extravagant. However, if I were to do this alphabet again, I would first have experimented further with the beads and glitter, using them in different combinations such as only using golden beads for some letters, combine the different colours of glitter together, while also attempting to cause a more professional look. as well as this I would have the better colour edited the design ensuring that all the letterforms sharing the same colour looked identical in colour of which would have been made easier using a different camera.
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