final project

final project - progress

top - initial planning stage. I originally thought I would use the words "inside out" for my main concept, but eventually decided to switch to "flora" and "fauna" for my final illustrations.
middle - basic outline for the word "flora". I will be adjusting the letterforms and adding in flowers, grass, etc. around the baseline
bottom - basic outline for the word "fauna". I will be representing each letter with different animal characteristics (feather, antler, scales, etc.). the final illustration will also probably have a few outlying elements (animal footprints, extra feathers, spider web, etc.); I'm working out the details.

promoting the artist: redesigns

my poster and postcard re-designs (for some reason the back of the postcard looks grey instead of white when I upload it to this blog and I couldn't figure out how to fix it)

project 4 : preliminary proposal

chosen words: Inside Out

1. six word summary/description of the work

 "illustrated typeface represented with anatomical elements"

2. goals of the work

I would like to create a typeface that will compliment my current portfolio focus of natural science illustration (specifically biological anatomy)

3. timeline with weekly goals/checkpoints

week 1 - research font inspirations and brainstorm/begin sketches for two chosen words
week 2 - complete sketches and start working on final for word # 1
week 3 - complete word # 1, start word # 2
week 4 - complete word # 2, prepare project for final critique

4. expected final deliverables

create two illustrations of the words "inside" & "out" as separate images that can also work together as one cohesive piece. (will most likely be done as a mixed media illustration)

promoting the artist - poster & postcard concepts

Two of my concepts for promoting the end-of-semester show for the illustration department (postcard=top, poster=bottom). I've used images of my own personal work to (hopefully) enhance/compliment the typefaces.

promoting the artist: content

Since I am focusing my thesis on wildlife/natural science illustration, I chose a variety of adjectives and typefaces that I believe represent different aspects of my illustration work. I am mostly leaning towards combining typefaces that help to evoke the idea of technical and organic elements coexisting and complimenting one another.

typographic metaphor: final video

video footage demonstrating the effects of lighting on our typographic metaphor installation.
(footage recorded by me, final video made by Yoojin)