Typography 

In today’s workshop we worked on typography, we first used an example to copy the layout to get an idea of where the letters should be starting and ending as you can see in (figure one). As typography is something I want to include in my own Zine I tried experimenting with more styles. Although I enjoyed the work we did in the workshop I feel that I want to work with a different style of typography, I feel that the example is quite elegant which is not the atheistic I want to achieve in this part of my zine.

(figure 1)

When looking at different fonts I wanted the end result to be eye-catching. I first looked on Pinterest to get a better idea of the kind of thing I liked this could be colour, shape, size, patterns, and so on. From this I found that I was more interested in bold, colourful typography, I also felt that by using colour I could link this in with my topic of gender and how there are stereotypes around colour towards different gender. When looking on Pinterest I found different examples that I wanted to copy just to get an idea of what I felt I was good at and what I struggled with.

The first example I used (figure 2) I thought was successful I really liked the idea that the letters curved to fit into the shape of the box. when doing this I changed the colours from the example from Pinterest to get an idea of different colour pallets I could use in my end results. I liked this colour combination but feel that it didn’t have enough colour for what I was imagining.

(figure 2)

The second typography I did was like my first as I liked the idea of the letters curving with each other so did a similar design (figure 3). I started by drawing the letters normally the over the top made a wave effect. To finish I filled in the letters in a bold pink. After completing these two designs I found that I like the look of the letters curving with each other but still feel that there could be a range of more colours in the final design.

(figure 3)

The next two designs we’re in my opinion unsuccessful, in the first design (figure 4) I felt that the end result was too boring. I tried looking away from colour and more into the structure in this design, meaning where the letters were placed and how they worked around each other. I think this is something I want to bring into my final design, I like the idea of the letters overlapping instead of around each other. The second design (figure 5) I wanted to try something different, I tried printing the letters by using card and cutting into my letters, adding paint and pressing it onto the paper. I wanted the letters to look un finished so I made the paint thin and didn’t add too much. I also added some darker paint along the corners to make the letters standout more. I don’t want this to be the design I use on my typography page but like the idea of using it on other pages of my zine.

 

(figure 4)

(figure 5)

After looking at more designs online and seeing what I liked and disliked from my designs I came up with the idea of doing graffiti. (figure 6) I thought this design looked the most interesting and I was able to add a lot more colour into my design unlike the others. I also like the idea I was able to add layers, I think this gives the design a lot more texture and give of a 3D effect. I took inspiration from my other designs with colour combinations and the structure of where my letters were placed. I think this would look interesting within my female shoot as graffiti is stereotyped as a male art style, and this links in with my theme of crossing gender norms. I also took inspiration from my art page in my sketch book, I really liked my distract piece (figure 7) and wanted to combine that into my typography work somehow. I think this adds more to the final design and makes it a lot more eye catching.

(figure 6)

(figure 7)

(full sketch book page)