Final Major Project - Contrasted Architecture

FMP - Contrasted Architecture

 

Looking through my photography, I found that the window structure on one of the building looked like the letter 'F' (above left). I drew this myself and thought it could be interesting to draw the rest of the alphabet in this form, using similar shapes. 

 

 

I also experimented with creating the lowercase letters in this method.

 

 

 

 

 

Working from this old fashioned gate was something I found lettering in to, however some of the letters I had to change a little and make them my own.

 

 

 

 

 

I used tracing paper to lay over my previous drawing (of building edges) and draw the letters I could see. I photocopied this drawing (left of the page) to cut out the letters.

 

 

I decided to stick the cut out shapes on to brown paper wrap, simply because the paper itself was white so it would blend in to the page and I liked the actual shapes as well as the letters therefore wanted them to be noticed too.

 

 

 

 

 

Using the drawing (above right) I looked for letters again to create another typeface. What I found interesting was that the two drawings (above) are both of contrasting architecture, the first modern buildings and the second old fashioned railing/gates etc, the drawings themselves contrast, and so do the fonts I made from them. The first font was made of straight lines and was very abstract whereas this one has curves to it, which I think quirks it up more.

 

 

 

Complimentary colours are another thing I looked in to as they sort of give off a contrasting effect, therefore I used these colours together for the lettering. Ink was something I wanted to try as it would simply thicken the lines of the letters, after doing this I prefer them when they aren't as thick and look more delicate.

  

 

I worked with using ink to represent the colour and the thickness of the gate I worked from. However, I prefer it when parts of the lines are thicker and some are thinner

 

Looking at one of my photographs from Matlock, I particularly liked the shape build within the wooden structure/framing of this building. I minimalized the shape to a sort of 'semi-circle/oval shape' and used this to repear to create my own letters (above right picture, right page). This was just a rough drawing and I knew it could be structured more accurately on illustrator.