Sunday 20th March 2011:

Today I looked through the ‘Playful Type 2’ book and found it really inspiring. I liked how the meaning/ message was put across through type and also how the colours used influenced the overall effect.

I wanted to look at these typographers as well as some that I saw at the graphic art fair, and produce a page in my sketchbook as a response. I wanted to look further at the work of typographer/ designer/ illustrator, Jessica Hische and really liked the piece ‘You’ve Got The Spirit…’. I also looked at Elle Jeong Eun Kim, and especially the piece, ‘The One and Only’, when creating typographic work in my sketchbook. I used the words ‘lonely’, ‘ugly’, ‘confused’ and ‘sad’ and tried to illustrate these through the colours and design.

I quite like how ‘ugly’ has turned out, as it’s actually quite attractive when looked at closely. This could represent the fact that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and so if a bully calls someone ugly, the victim probably isn’t.

I created the word ‘sad’ with ‘teardrops’. Although this is quite unique, I feel that it could be developed a lot more, and perhaps if produced digitally (and maybe using photography), it would be a lot more effective.

Overall, I like these ideas as quick ideas, but they could be developed a lot further and be a lot more effective. I could go on to attempt different words and study other typographic work in more depth in order to enable my work to really stand out.

Target for today: Look through ‘Playful Type 2’ book and create a page in sketchbook based on these designs and inspiring designers seen at ‘Pick Me Up’ Graphic Art Fair and ‘The Joy of Living’.

Target for tomorrow: Create more pages in sketchbook influenced by designers seen at the graphic art fair. Start to think of how to work in new ways, eg: lino print. Annotate sketchbook work.