Monday, 8 November 2010

Typography for Bees

If you click on the image it looks alot better. Maybe instead of the drop shadow it could be printed on yellow stock and blown up to A3 so the type looks easier to see. This was only an experiment I wanted to do a few different approaches with this work so it is something that I can always build on for future projects.
Was meant to be Float like a butterfly not fly like a butterfly. The rest of the quote was one of my friends was randomly said it the other day so I thought I would use this quote to see wether of not the letters work together.
Quick mess around with a line as a drop shadow set off randomly to the letter. Could work is balanced with the same marks as the letter form. Copy paste and move a fraction to the side and live paint in yellow.
This experiment looks alot better very subtle but communicates what I want to say not sure if it would work the same with all the letters.

This experiment with the highlights communicates to much what the type is meant to communicate
The above image is again experimenting with highlights but again looks over the top
The above image shows the original image as well as the experimenting highlights to see visually on screen what works better
The vector and live trace from illustrator gives it that hand drawn but alot clean look to it.
Finished Typeface - Looks better when zoomed in so if you click on the image you'll see it alot clearer
A close up of the progression made from the original typeface to the illustrated type.
When illustrating the letters I noticed that the overall form was quite thin, this was Letter Gothic Bold, so I had to make each bar of the letter forms thicker.
Letter Gothic Standard A-Z, I have used this typeface because it is the same font I have been using for the rest of my work.
Highlights of the cat. Same mark-making but place top right of each letter form. When producing a typeface think about other places to have the highlights of bee, stripes, behind, drop shadow or just printed on yellow stock?
Close up image of the details, the fur of a cat is alot thinner than a hairy, fluffy bee. When producing typeface it will need to be thicker to communicate the thick hairs.
Some typography I saw and want to play around with the idea for bees.
by PantOne

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