review

1. Which materials and techniques have you experimented with during the typography project? 

I experimented with a range of materials, traditional and digital. Traditionally, I used watercolor, markers, colored pencils, pastels and acrylic paints. digitally I used photoshop and illustrator. I've also used ipad apps like fontmaker and fontsruckt.

2. Have you explored and developed your ideas imaginatively? How have you demonstrated this? (give examples, link to posts or include images) 

I've developed my ideas through experimentation. For my final piece I did a lot of preparatory work, digitally and traditionally. I drew the character in different poses and made a list of words and quotes that he says in the film.

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've researched and analyzed my own work and the work of other artists. My Oscar Wilson analysis is in-depth, because he relates most to my final piece. Oscar Wilson: Calligram analysis

Digital VS. Hand Drawn

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 several experiments around sayings and expressions. I've done typography with food and objects. I've never done object typography before so it was fun, but it didn't influence my calligram that much.

Object Typography

Food Typography
The sayings that are used for both projects are related to the object themselves. 

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

We start a lot of classes with brainstorming and creating mind maps for what we want to create. After having a list of ideas to chose from, we move on to the sketching. Finally, we pick the most successful piece and develop it further. To develop an idea I do a couple of experiments related to it, digitally and traditionally. Then I pick the best experiment and develop it further and so on.

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

A couple examples of annotated work: 

Pins and String typography

Digital VS. Hand Drawn

By annotating I'm recording my thoughts and it's helping me if I want to replicate the picture later. It's also helped me stay more organized.

7. Which techniques / experiments have been most successful? Why?

I prefer digital to traditional because I have more experience with it and it's much more versatile. My photoshop experiments are most successful and I made my completely digitally. My favorite experiment so far is probably the calligram. You can be very creative with it, make it less or more readable or colorful, but it'll still convey a message and spark interest.  

8. Which techniques / experiments have been least successful? Why?

The lest successful examples are the cut outs I did, because I didn't have a sharp knife and the letters came out wrinkled and a bit crooked.

9. Which techniques / experiments will you be developing further for your final outcome? Why? 

For my final outcome I will be doing heat press. I really liked experimenting with it and the calligram that I've prepared will look best heat pressed. 

10. What else can you do to further develop the techniques / experiments you want to use for your final outcome? 

Make different mood boards and collect different t-shirts as reference.