Alphabet Soup

Example of a sentence from Lisa's typeface.

 

Lisa's name badge.

Proverbally Yours// Message & Interpretation

The idea of the set of posters I am creating is focused on stereotyping people according to age. The general connotations of people who are 'old' are watching countdown, Worthers original etc. So I am going to do a a few scenes which do not represent old people in a conventional way.

I am trying to use humor to convey my message and the message of the images which directly relates to my proverb is 'do not judge a book by its cover'

The audience could potentially be anyone but mainly teenagers.

Possible fonts:

This is the poster with type and image.

I started off by finding all the images I would need to trace using the pen tool. I took the image of the bed side cabinet but had to use images I found on Google for the hearing aid, walking stick, red condom and false teeth.

Using Illustrator I set the opacity to 40% on the images and then proceeded to trace around the images. I made sure the composition was right before tracing them which meant I had to select the images according to the layout of the poster. From doing this task I have learn quite a few new techniques just from messing around with different tools and having to research how to do things for example using the scissor tool.

When i was live painting the images it was difficult to only use two colours and the stock of the paper but in the end I think it made the poster look a lot better. I think when you try and make images too literal when they are being coloured in Illustrator they look tacky.

This is the final version of my poster. I'm happy with this poster and I like the colour scheme the most.

This is the poster with just and an image.

I used the same techniques as the last poster. I think the message of this poster is clear. The old man with a sling shot is a contradiction which I think communicates the proverb 'don't judge a book by its cover'  I used the same colour scheme as the other poster as the brief stated the posters should work as a set or series. I found it difficult to find an image to trace for the zimmer frame as the angles didn't work so I had to just draw and change the dimensions myself.

 

This is the final version. I'm pleased with this image as well actually. I think its bold and also communicates an idea - Old man with an object (slingshot) which generally has connotations of being a young child's toy, weapon?

This is my final image which had to be solely typography.

I drew the coffin/ grave stone shape out using the pen tool and set the typography to the path. I used the Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the name lyrics which lyrics are generally associated with a younger audience in apposed to someone who would be over 90!

Proverbally Yours// Message & Interpretation

 

Design sheet for my three posters. I found it hard to come up with a minimum of 45 but managed it. I didn't focus on many typography only ideas because I just couldn't think of any. More research into typography needed.

Design Principles

 

These were the original letters I chose. The task we were set was to create five new fonts from cutting and collaging these fonts. 

 

After I cut my different typefaces up and made five new ones, I traced them off one filled and one outlined. 

Creating typography

 

I have finally found out how to properly line up with the grids and guides. Although Its still hard on the eyes and I hate working out the placement. COUTING ARGH!

 

 

I started playing with more arrows in Illustrator and came up with the final foot with a dashed line. I think this looks like a visual graphic representation of walking on a road? maybe not.

I used the width tool to make the pen tool lines wider and give my Glyphs their style.

 

Final Poster

Design sheets - Alphabet Soup

This is my first set of ideas, I started going for a Block Gothic Bold typeface but I think that was because I liked that style in that moment. Having nothing to do with Lisa's set of questions.

I then focused on Lisa's walking. The first thing I thought of was walking would incorporate feet, to walk by foot. So I started coming up with visual language for feet and walking. I thought the foot print symbolised walking and shoes, feet well. I didn't actually base the font on an existing font to begin with which I should of done. This made it more difficult and time consuming drawing the new font.

 

I used the Bowl of the A to do the tails and loops.

 

 When I was drawing the tail on the first J i didn't take it low enough so I drew the two lines and downwards arrow as an indicator/ reminder to myself to do it next time. Consequently I forgot! but when I was in my Crit someone said it looks good and looks like movement, so a mistake was continued and I tried adding more arrows.

The arrows on the last J were meant to look like some kind of pavement with the arrow moving down it.

 

These were some more ideas I had. I found by reducing the opacity of the typeface it allowed me to draw over the top of the original and adapt it to create a new font.

SOUP YO

 

I made this for the Alphabet Soup project. I like the LISA text style. I created it by duplicating the layer and setting the transparency down. Don't really rate the middle text... I need to work on my placement, bit out of practice