EVALUATION

Typeface //3

This brief has changed so many times. I firstly only started designing a typeface in the summer just for the fun of it, but it took so long and I carried it on when I started back in level 6 so I thought it would be a shame not to make it into a brief.  For this reason I haven’t documented it from the beginning so I am a little annoyed that I didn’t do this however I could have made this type much quicker as I did a lot of variations which I foolishly didn’t save and also it took so long as I re-legthened each line.

The letter I most struggled with were ‘S’ I could not make it look good, I tried so many different variations but it so curvy and awkward but I finally made a version I was happy with and stuck with it.

I was very happy with the resolution of the prints however when it came to binding the pages were too thick to put a pin through so I did the book in sections. I had 4 sets of 4 pages and sewed them together and then tied the ends of each bit of string to bind all the pages together. This all went well until it came to binding on the front and back cover. In my crit they told me to just sew it with the rest of the book so I did and the string snapped and a lot of pages came loose so it was all coming apart and I started knotting them all together so the end resolution was a bit of a disaster. However, I have learned from this and I know next time I am just going to drill a small hole through everything and use better string.

So I was quite disappointed with my final book. Also, if I were to make it again I would use thinner stock so you could turn the pages easier and it would look more professional while using the French fold technique.

My time management on this brief was very scattered as I kept leaving it for weeks and then coming back to it with new ideas. I would of like to of screen printed on the bags rather than just proposed it and same with posters but in the end the truth was I ran out of time and money. I learned organization is key.

printed version

1st mock up booklet

I have done this poster to send off to TWOFOLDS magazine, I got the sentence from shutter island movie as this is what he kept saying and it stook in my mind i guess. It is quite difficult to read but that is the idea as you will look at it longer. It took me so long to line everything up, i specially like all the 'E's' on the end all lined up.

Here is something i created from my typeface that i made up, it took me so long to get the type aligned so it looks correct as im used to just having everything aligned left as i always thought its right and acceptable but when making a poster it can be different and interesting.

Over the summer and in my placement i designed this typeface, it was actually very addictive to do as i drew it out with pencil first just cutting out parts of letters and then when putting it into illustrator i added all these horizontal lines. I thought it would look good in  my portfolio as alot of my other designs have alot of horizontal lines.