My Font

This is my own font design which I created on FONTSTRUCT called Blocks. I tried to keep the letters consistent, making each character look like it belongs in the same font.
I was unable to create lower case letters and punctuations, there was also an error when I loaded my font as you can see there is F symbols which are unwanted.
The name I chose relates to the concept I had for my text, I chose to create my font using squares and triangles because I wanted it to be blocked meaning straight and in a square like composition. The outcome could be improved by using different shapes to make the letters more straight and in a square form. To do this I could use a small as my guide line and create there letters within the square to stop the lines going out of place and make the letters all similar, once the letters are right I would remove the square. Letters such as O and D kept looking to similar because of the number of squares, so I added a triangle on the D to curve more.

Reviewing Experiments

REVIEWING EXPERIMENTS!

1. Which materials and techniques have you experimented with during the typography project? 
During the project we have experimented with a variety of materials such as acrylic paints, water colour, colouring pencils, different types of objects and paper. By using these materials we practiced different techniques like water colour based typography, calligrams, manipulating text of photoshop and illustrator. With my handmade experiments I used materials such as water colors, stenciling and painting. I also experimented with my designs digitally such as PhotoShop and Illustrator.

2. Have you explored and developed your ideas imaginatively? How have you demonstrated this? (give examples, link to posts or include images) 
I have tried to explore and develope my ideas by using my imagination as well has comparing my ideas with the artists we have researched but putting my own adapition on them.

3. Have you research a diverse range of artwork and completed this on your blog? who have you analysed? is you analysis in-depth? (again give examples and link to posts) 
I have researched and posted art work by artists such as Hennie Haworth, James Hancock and Si Scott. 

4. Have you explored a range of ideas around the theme of 'Sayings and Expressions' within your experiments? What are they? How have they informed your ideas?
I have tried to explore a range of a ideas around the theme for example I used materials/objects to lay out text relating to the work of Vladmir Koncar.

5. Have you refined / developed your outcomes through experimentation? How? 

6. Have you annotated, in detail, your experiments and developments on your blog and used this information to help you improve? 

7. Which techniques / experiments have been most successful? Why?
The techniques I have used digitally have had a more positive outcome compared to my handmade experiments. For example I enjoyed making my own Si Scott design on Illustrator.

8. Which techniques / experiments have been least successful? Why?
 My handmade experiments have been least successful because I found that digitally I had more of a variety to experiment with, whereas my handmade work turned out quit dull and confusing.

9. Which techniques / experiments will you be developing further for your final outcome? Why? 
 For my final outcome I plan to relate my work to either Hennie Haworth,M&M Paris or Si Scott because their work were the two I found most interesting and attractive.

10. What else can you do to further develop the techniques / experiments you want to use for your final outcome? 
To further develop my techniques and experiments for my final outcome I could combine two artists work style, for example have a center piece relating to Si Scott with text and images surrounding it in the style of Hennie Haworth.

Handmade Typography

Handmade Typography

Handmade type is a typographic experiment by designer Tien-Min Liao where shapes painted on her hands are transformed by gestures to create letter forms. I was inspired by the fact that not only did they showcase the individual letters, but they also went as far as to demonstrate the transition between upper-case & lower-case. I selected this work of hers because it shows well what her technique is, her work inspires me to with the fact that I can print text by changing the positing of my hand to make upper and lower case letters. Some letters my not be accurate and clear but I think that element adds more creative out come, I could photograph the letters of my hand making the saying/expression from my hands and edit using Photoshop my final could be layers photos taken and edited heat pressed onto the T-shirt. I could overlap and layer the photos to create more of an interesting composition.

This is my take on Tien-Min's style of handmade type, which is supposed to be an upper case S.

Calligram In-Depth Analysis

Oscar Wilson and Sarah King are good examples of Calligram artists, they use words to create images. We mainly focused on Oscar Wilsons who started working in London in 1996 till now, he is a contemporary artist. Wilson specializes in image creation, illustrated and hand crafted typography.  He uses simple colors for the background so that the focus remains on the bright and bold text in the images.

His work is mainly used in advertisement, publishing, fashion, film and TV. His work can be connected to many high profiled brands such as Nike, Puma, Visit London, Supreme etc.             Many of his piece and details of his work can be viewed on his website www.studiooscar.com. A lot of his work represent London Life, not only aiming at tourist but also people around London visiting sites.
These are my Calligram designs which I did handmade and also digital. I selected the pieces above by Wilson because they stood out to me, but overall his technique stood out how he creates text in a shape of an object and also how he combines illustration then adds the Caligram technique such as the woman with the afro. This technique has inspired me to experiment with a final outcome using this technique and create a typography saying/expression in Caligram form, but instead of my text being in the form of an object, person, building etc I would combine all the words and connect them or layer them outline in black fine liner to make individual text stand out. His Caligram technique may not work well if I chose a long say/expression because the worlds can get lost in the image and be hard to read for example the Gorilla piece he did for London some words are small and squashed hard to read.