Typography Task 3b

  17.5.2022 - 7.6.2022 (Week 8 - Week 11) 

Teo Javin 0349352

Typography / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media / Taylor's University

Task 3(B)/ Type Design and Communication

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Lecture

Week 11 Lecture

In this lecture, Mr. Vinod briefed about how to start our Task 3(B) Assignment. He taught us the difference between lettering and callitgraphy. 

Figure1.1 Lecture

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Instruction

Figure2.1 Module Information Booklet

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Visual Research

The festive day that I would be using is Halloween. Hearing this already tells you it is supposed to look spooky. So, I looked upon some designs to further my visual library.

Figure 3.1 Sourced from Pinterest, 20 June 2022

Figure3.2 Sourced from iFonts, 20 June 2022

Figure3.3 Design by Théo d’Aigremont, 20 June 2022

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Exploration

 

I've made some sketches for Mr.Vinod to verify, however I made a mistake. The sketches I made were not "squared" as it is more "rectangular". 

Figure3.1 Sketches, 20 June 2022

I then created a new batch of sketches and decided to proceed with the second sketch.

Figure3.2 Second batch of sketches, 20 June 2022

I made two versions of the selected sketches and go for the second one as it has more contrast.

Figure3.3 Two variations of selected sketch, 20 June 2022

I created some more variants of my selected work. I wanted the first sketch to look like there's a harsh lighting on the logo, which emphasizes on the eye with the Taylor's logo. The second sketch is just some gradient changes to make it look less boring. The third sketch was just adding depth to the fonts to make it "pop" more by outlining the top-layered letter and adding an extra layer of the letters to show dimensionality.

Figure3.4 Three variations of selected sketch ver.2, 22 June 2022

Finalized font

Figure4.1 Final Outcome in PNG(b&w), 23 June 2022

Figure4.2 Final Outcome in PNG(colourized), 23 June 2022

Figure4.3 Final Outcome in PDF, 23 June 2022

Figure4.4 Screen grab of sticker on Telegram, 23 June 2022

Sticker pack: https://t.me/addstickers/typojavin

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Feedback

    Week 11

General Feedback

Should need to try to fit it in within that space line.

Specific Feedback

#4: this one is actually really interesting but it’s just that  the texture are overwhelming, but they does work strangely, the wordings need to stand out a little bit more than the texture, and also need to be a square.

#1: it is also interesting but less of an idea in this one.

    Week 12

General Feedback

Overall is fine and can work with the colour.

Specific Feedback

Sketch #1 is work, looks a little childenery so it’s fine, can start introducing colour. For the border, don’t use the square.

    Week 13

General Feedback

Create the dimensional and add some shading, and shadow.

Specific Feedback

Add some dimensionality in the sticker. The black lettering that i have might have some tonality so that will stand out the word, might add some shadow some grey on the white background might help it separate, the white background can created 2 dimentionality as well by cut it in into half (some wavy way)

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Reflection

Experience

This task might sound easy, but with my time management issues, I barely got to submit it on time. But I felt sense of accomplishment as I managed to finish it, also I have never made and published a sticker on Telegram before, so this was a new and fun experience.

Observation

This task was a hard one to execute due to my lack of knowledge in creating fonts. I also had a hard time sketching out the designs due to days and art blocks and I hated it. :')

Findings

I realized that you need many factors to make a sticker look good and stand out from the rest. "Creating a sticker should be easy", that's what I thought, but after this task, I would like to retract my statement.

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Further Reading

Figure5.1 typographic design: form and communication

This book has helped me to get ideas on how to make create creative-looking fonts.