Roughs Part Two Assignment Two

I did my roughs in AI only because what I want to to visually is not possible to clearly do by hand. This exercise is tougher than the last because we are using an entire heading to visually describe the meaning of the heading. It's hard.

Finals for Project Two

Here are my finals. In the first "war" I created a pattern that reminded me of barbed wire fencing and filled a white "war" with the pattern. To me, it visually expresses the fencing in of war on society, physically and emotionally. In my second version, I used war in repetition as a readable pattern above and below the filled font. I am visually expressing two opposing forces closing in on each other. I found this project to be interesting in the way it forced me to reflect into "war's" definition, and emotional value, then further visually express it.

First set of roughs

Here are my first set of roughs. I am going to go in the direction of using typography to visually describe the definition of war. (two forces fighting against each other).

Assignment Two

We are going to be choosing one word and learning how to use type to visually describe a word. I chose War, and am using the font face "Impact".

Definition

War- A period of hostile relations between countries, states, or factions that leads to fighting between armed forces, especially in land, air, or sea battles.

           A serious struggle, argument, or conflict between people. 

Finals for Project One

Here are my finals for the project. We chose the two best roughs of each element of design. The next step in the process was converting the hand drawn roughs into digital replicas using illustrator. The final size of each type design is 4x4 inches. We will be mounting them all on black "wobble" boards, 6 to each. 

Overall, the project was quite interesting. It was fun seeing how one letter, or part there of, can be used to change the shape of a square. Also, using one letter to trick the eye into seeing direction. After all, type is shape, and shapes can be used to create any principle or element of design.