ALPHABET SOUP - ILLUSTRATOR BRIEF // VISUAL THINKING

I HAVE USED ILLUSTRATOR TO GET TO GRIPS WITH IT'S EQUIPMENT AND TO CREATE AN ALPHABET. I HAVE USED THE PEN TOOL IN THESE VERY BASIC DESIGNS TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THE TOOL. VARIATIONS OF DESIGNS WAS QUITE HARD FOR ME AS I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE USE OF ILLUSTRATOR.

ILLUSTRATOR EXPERIMENTS

WE HAD AN INDUCTION ON ILLUSTRATOR AND USE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES TO HELP DEVELOP OUR SKILLS. WE WOULD THEN BE GIVEN THE BRIEF TO CREATE AN ALPHABET LIKE THE PREVIOUS BRIEF.

BLEND TOOL EXPERIMENTS

PATH FINDER EXPERIMENTS

PEN TOOL EXPERIMENTS

PEN TOOL EXPERIMENTS

COLOUR EXPERIMENTS

EXPERIMENTS FOR ILLUSTRATOR DESIGNS:

I HAD THE WORD DISSOLVE FROM THE PREVIOUS BRIEF. THE IDEAS AND WORDS I GENERATED FROM THIS CONSISTED F - MELTING/EROSION/BREAK APART AND CORROSIVE. I USED THESE AS INSPIRATION FOR THE NEXT FEW DESIGNS TO SEE IF I COULD GENERATE A DESIGN THAT WAS SUITABLE FOR THE BRIEF.

THIS DESIGN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST I CAME UP WITH. THE USE OF USING THE SHAPE TOOL HELPED TO CREATE THE FORM OF THE BASIS OF THE LETTERS. THE SHAPES ON THE OUTSITE ARE MEANT TO REPRESENT PARTICLES THAT DISSOLVE.

THE ABOVE DESIGN IS A MANIPULATION OF THE FIRST ONE I CREATED. I RE ALIGNED CERTAIN SHAPES AND LINES TO CREATE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DESIGN. I DO NOT LIKE THESE DESIGNS. I FEEL THEY ARE BASIC AND LOOK MESSY AS AN IMAGE. 

THIS DESIGN I USED THE TYPE BEBAS. THE USE OF THIS MADE THE IMAGE LOOK BOLD AND STRONG. I THEN WENT WITH THE WORD ERODE FROM THE LIST ABOVE. I THEN USED THE TOOL TO 'TAKE OUT' SECTIONS OF THE TEXT. THIS CREATED AN EROSIVE PATTERN. DIFFERENT SIZES OF THIS CREATES A SENSE OF EROSION.

FINAL DESIGN

THIS IS THE FINAL DESIGN I CAME UP WITH. I USED THE WORD MELTING FROM THE DISSOLVE LIST ABOVE. I FEEL IT WORKS QUITE WELL WITH THE BRIEF AND WORD I SELECTED. THE USE OF CREATING INK BASED STYLE MAKES THE DESIGNS FEEL MORE DISSOLVED IN AN ASPECT BECAUSE THE DRIPPING CREATES THIS. I FEEL IT COULD BE EXPLORED MORE BUT THEN IT WOULD NO LONGER RELATE TO MY BRIEF SO I WOULD RATHER KEEP IT SIMPLE.

COLOUR - CYAN - USED ON ONE * GLYTH TO CREATE A BOLD EXPRESSIVE BURST OF COLOUR ON MY DESIGN.