Created from an assingment for a Typography class, these outcomes exemplify succeeding to achieve the goals of the assignment.

They showcase:

A) artistic choice with the typeface used, in this case being Suburban OT, and

B) an understanding of letter form, space, and composition by utilizing design principles.

The Flower

The first of the series we will call The Flower. It was by far the most complicated of the three as it not only had to set the tone of the other two, it was also my introductory foray into Adobe Illustrator.

The making of this piece started as a central repeating pattern that mirrored across 6 sides, focusing on the middle of the grid to begin with.

Growing from there, the piece bulked up, gaining more petals using the same } shape as the inner layers had. Eventually I realized that there was too much white space and added some initially symmetric petals to balance it out.

The third process image shows my exploration into using inverting on a diagonal within the grid, although this was mostly kept in the end product, the white against black in the middle added too much visual noise.

The final version of this piece has asymmetric petals, helping to break up rigidity while bringing some of that balance back in with 2/3 inverted grids on either exterior side.

The Scramble

The second of the series we will call The Scrambler.

Much simpler than The Flower, the scrambler was an enjoyable jigsaw puzzle of finding what letters and glyph’s fit together where and allowing those organic shapes to guide the piece.

As you can see from the first process image below, it wasn’t always as pretty as it ended up being.

This organic, interlocking motif continued on into this second process image. I enjoyed crafting odd little swirls and even a smiley face.

The final version of The Scramble didn’t deviate much from the path that the process images started me on but succeeded in filling in the glaring white space.