Typography Workshop Day 1

Workshop on typography, lettering and Layout.

Produce a series of square layouts that convey the meaning of 6 words, focusing on typefaces.

CASCADING

Anything that resembles a waterfall, especially in seeming toflow or fall in abundance.

I think that the first two images show the word cascading really clearly but the bottom one doesn't cascade as much as I think it should.  If I was to do this again I would make the 3 layers on the bottom one more separate.

ENORMOUS

Greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.; huge;immense.

I think that these three pieces show the word enormous really obviously because they use big text. My favourite is the top right because the type that is being used shows the use of boldness and enormous clearly.

FATIGUE

Weariness from bodily or mental exertion.

When I did these three pieces I decided to make the text faint to show the exertion of the word. I think that the best one of the three is the bottom one because it shows the letters seem mixed up and just sat at the bottom of the page and not showing any energy.

SLIPPERY

tending or liable to cause slipping or sliding, as ice, oil, awet surface, etc.

I think that all of these images show the meaning of the word clearly because of the type that has been used.  In my opinion the top left image is the best because the letters almost slip into themselves and look mixed up. 

HYPERACTIVE

Unusually or abnormally active.

When I tried to interpret the word Hyperactive I decided that colour was needed because colour contains energy. I feel that the image that works the best is the top right because the words almost seem to move whilst looking at them because of the use of upper and lower case used alongside the colours.

ISOLATION

to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.

I think that when I did these images I decided that I needed to show the separation between the letters so 

I tried to make them have a divide. The image that shows this the best is the top left. I think this because it shows the word split, whereas the others I tried to split it from the rest of the alphabet.

D&AD Student Awards 2012- Little White Lies

Create an original cover illustration for Little White Lies Magazine depicting the main character of the film 'Drive' 2011.

  

Not all of the images I created had a portrait in them because the area I am working in is Graphic Design so I tried to do some designs that interpreted type based on the themes or logo of the film.

My favourite ones are the top two, this is because the portrait contains type which is graphical but still follows the brief and the one with the cars is another favourite because it uses different drawing techniques other than just computer digital images.

Looking Up, Looking Down- Final Photoshop Images

**NME: GENDERS/GRACE**

**PNR: EJSQTL**

**LGW     18 JAN**

**0000 XH138523**

**UP to, toward, or in a more elevated position**

**DOWN from higher to lower, toward or into a lower position or level**

**NME: GENDERS/GRACE**

**PNR: EJFSQTL**

**VLC     22 JAN**

**0000 XH324271**

**EXPO HOTEL VALENCIA**

**THANKYOU FOR YOUR VISIT**

**EXPO HOTEL VALENCIA**

**AVENIDA P10 X11 4**

**VALENCIA**

**46009**

**text used in book

With these images I used a slight hint of blue to focus more on the pictures rather than colour, I was originally going to tint them all blue but it made the images look like they were printed wrong.

I have made all of the text black or white so that it fits into the theme of using black and white images.

Valencia Original Drawings and Collages

Ipad Editing- Photoshop and Sketchbook Pro

Original Picture.

Photoshop- changing to Sketch.

Photoshop- Crop and Flip.

Sketchbook Pro- Adding Text.

Sketchbook Pro- Black lines added.

Sketchbook Pro- Colour Fill between Black Lines.