In this project we were to design an illuminated letter based on the visual language of three different artists of our choosing. The objective was to embrace and react to the artist's style and create an illuminated letter based on these reactions. We chose a key image for each artist, and were to use the same color palette in our final illuminated letter. The final was comprised of our key image, illuminated letter, and illuminated letter within text mounted on boards, one per artist.
project overview:
Though this project was slightly rushed and motivation was at a low due to Thanksgiving Break, I thoroughly enjoyed this project. I found the initial sketches and the process to not only be helpful, but also very freeing. There were few guidelines aside from the color palette, so I loved the creative freedom of the project. The most difficult part of this project for me was creating a letter for graffiti-god, Banksy. Though I find graffiti very interesting, when comparing his style to the other artists I chose, I found it to be more challenging and found myself less motivated to work on his illuminated letter. The easiest part of this project for me was the initial sketching. I feel as though without constraints, it was easier for me to come up with the number of sketches needed, and I had a wider variety of concepts. It did become more difficult however, when it came time to translate these sketches to digital files. Overall, this project was a nice way to close the semester, as it was not overly laborious and it was a nice combination of typography and graphics. I also think the final presentation of our letters was clean and efficient, as well as aesthetically pleasing.
finals:
my final artists are as follows:
1. cedric rivrain
2. banksy
3. wes anderson
