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Graphic Design Module TDF1064 Project - Artist Typeface Student - James Richards Student number - U1261281

ARTIST TYPEFACE

ABOUT THE BRIEF For this brief I am required to create a font that must be based on a specific artist. The finished design has to be reproduced in black and white but for the promotion, font bureau have asked to see the designs in full colour. The designs also need to be produced in a number of different point sizes such as 60pt, 72pt and 84pt. I will also be documenting all stages of development and research.

Firstly, I am going to research 8 different artists such as: Andy Warhol, Donna Crawshaw, Eduardo Paolozzi, Jasper Johns, Jean Dubuffet, Pa blo Picasso, Louise Nevelson and Roy LichtenStein. I am then going to transcribe their artwork into a font of my own choice. After

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this I will narrow down my 8 developments and concentrate on my 3 favoured choices, I am then going to develop my 3 ideas even further by creating the full alphabet with them.

I will also be experimenting with colours to see which ones look more aesthetically pleasing.

When I have developped my 3 ideas as much as I can I will then have to choose 1 of them to be my final idea, when I have decided on my final idea I will have to create it as a downloadable PDF so you’re able to download it from the web. I will also need to create a front cover for my final piece as well as a advertisment and then a webpage for my font.

Graphic Design Module TDF1064 Project - Artist Typeface Student - James Richards Student number - U1261281

8 DIFFERENT ARTIST On the next few pages I am going to be providing several different examples of my artist research, I will be showing images of their artwork and then images of my own work with a brief description about the artist. I will also write about the artwork that I have used and state why I have done it, what I like about it and whether I am going to take the idea forward.

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Graphic Design Module TDF1064 Project - Artist Typeface Student - James Richards Student number - U1261281

Graphic Design Module TDF1064 Project - Artist Typeface Student - James Richards Student number - U1261281

ANDY WARHOL

Andy Warhol Font Photoshop Filter These 2 are sketches that I edited in photoshop by using filters within the filter gallery such as >Pallette Knife and >Cutout which has gave them a matte effect. These 2 ideas are based on the Marolyn Monroa idea as I really like the idea of bright coloured text complimented with a bright coloured background.

I think that this specific idea would look great for titles and headings

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Marilyn Monroe Andy Warhol

Gun Andy Warhol

as the colours would make it stand unique and colourful. I particularly out. think the Marilyn Monroe piece will be interesting as the font could On this page I have decided to have a different colour behind it like look at Andy Warhol’s artwork, as the Marilyn images. The picture of he is one of the most iconic artists the guns is interesting as I could for visual art movement known as create the letters in that style and pop art. The reasons why I have maybe overlap the letter like shown chosen these 3 art pieces are in the image. because I believe they can be transcribed into a font and look

DONNA CRAWSHAW

Letter ‘D’ Dolphin The second artist I have chosen to observe is Donna Crawshaw, she is known for painting portraits of animals. She mainly paints pictures of cows, chickens and dogs.

When I was thinking of how to make an idea unique and different I thought that I could create a letter that and each letter could be the same colour as an animal, for example zebra colours, tiger

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Letter ‘G’ Giraffe colours and giraffe colours. This is the letter ‘D’ made from a dolphin, I created this by creating a rough sketch and then scanning it on to the computer and then drawing around it with the pen tool on Adobe Illustrator.

Same again, this is the letter ‘G’ and I created this by doing the same process. I started to go off

Graphic Design Module TDF1064 Project - Artist Typeface Student - James Richards Student number - U1261281

Chickens Donna Crawshaw this idea as the letters was taking too long to create and I didn’t think that the final product would look that great.

This the last one that I created, I asked a few people if they knew which letter it represented and a lot of people was unsure which put me off this idea. It is a letter ‘S’ by the way.

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BANKSY

ABC

Font Idea Graffiti On a Wall

This idea is about the famous graffiti artist ‘Banksy’. The reason why I have chosen to transcribe Banksy’s work is because I think the idea I came up with is very interesting. Basically I am going to create the font with a spray paint look and then create a brick wall that will always be behind the text so as you’re typing the brick wall will be joining up and the wall

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BA NKSY Banksy Art will have spray pain on it spelling out whatever you want. There are multiple solutions for this as you can use different backgrounds such as a fence, wall and brick wall.

Idea developped Grafitti On a Wall as they kept on leaving big gaps between the letters but I got there in the end as you can see.

I also came up with multiple solutions for my font and my idea was to actually spray paint every These are the ideas that I came up letter from the alphabet on to and with and then created by sketching A4 piece of paper. Then scan them and using Illustrator. Firstly, I had a into the computer and trace them lot of problems creating the bricks on Illustrator so I have a graffiti font.

EDUARDO PAOLOZZI

Font Idea Paolozzi Styled colours I have also looked at a lot of Eduardo Paolozzi’s work as it is all very intersting and unique to other artists work. My favourite part about his work his the fact that everything is so randomly laid out and made up of shapes that use a lot of bright colours.

I think that I have transcribed this art work really well as the letters

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Paolozzi Art really do reflect upon his work as they’re all randomly laid out out and it do think that it resembles his work a lot. I have created to different ideas for this piece.

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Idea developped Poalozzi Styled Font

take such a long time to complete the whole aplhapet as each letter would contain so much detail. Here is another idea that I produced for Eduardo’s work, I believe that this one is a lot more suitable as This is my idea for Eduardo the letters reflect on his work as Paolozzi, I think that this particukar he tends to use a lot of random idea is very intersting and looks shapes and keeps his drawings very asthetic. However, I think it very round and smooth and also is way too complex and would uses alot of red, green and blue.

JASPER JOHNS

Font Idea Jasper Johns Styled Font I have also chosen to look at Jasper Johns work because I believe that I could transcribe his art work into a unique styled font because uses unique painting methods. I really like the piece of art with different lines and think that I could create a good font from his artwork. I also like his artwork about different flags and I think it would be a good idea to create a

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Jasper Johns Art font in the style of each flag, for example the letter ‘B’ would be a Brazil flag or a British flag.

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Idea developped Jasper Johns Styled Art would contain so much detail.

I think that this idea is a lot more powerful because it is basic but This is my idea for Eduardo reflects on his work relly well and Paolozzi, I think that this particukar would look great as in a sentance, idea is very intersting and looks it is also a lot more ideal to create very asthetic. However, I think it as it wont take as long because I is way too complex and would wont be spending such a long time take such a long time to complete creating the letters as it is just a the whole aplhapet as each letter stroke.

LOUISE NEVELSON

Font Idea Louise Nevelson Styled Font On this page I have decided to research into Louise Nevelson and her artwork. She is mostly well known for her sculptor work that is very unique, they all tend to include very straight and curvy edges and she usually creates them in dark colours such as black and purple tones.

I think that I have used her work very well as the font I have

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Louise Nevelson Sculpture designed does look very similar to who work as I have used similar techniques such as curves and straight lines and similar colours.

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Idea developped Louise Nevelson Styled Font than others to make them seem more random.

Here, I have a vectorised version that I created in Illustrator. I think This a rough visual to what I will be they look a lot more smarter when creating, I think this idea has a lot they have been digitalised as they of potential as the shapes will be all look a lot more realistic and do randomly ordered just like Louise’s have a comparrison to Louise’s art work. I am also diliberatly going work. I think that I am going to take to make selected letters bigger this idea further.

PABLO PICASSO

Font Idea Pablo Picasso Styled Font Here I will show the different ideas that I have produced for Pablo Picasso. I think that his work would be very interesting to transcribe as he uses a lot bright colours and draws in a messy way, yet interesting.

I like the first image at the top because it is made up of so many different shapes and colours. I am

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Pablo Picasso Art going to revolve my font around that image because the font could look really funky being multiple different colours as and shaped really uniquely.

As you can see, I have styled my font similar to Pablo’s art as the shape of the letters are very long and narrow and contain a lot of random shapes and colours. I

Graphic Design Module TDF1064 Project - Artist Typeface Student - James Richards Student number - U1261281

Font Idea Pablo Picasso Styled Font really like this idea and I think it has potential to become one of my best ones so far.

This idea is a mixture between the first image and the second image.

As you can see I have kept the colour theme and random shapes from the first image but I have made them more bold and less complex like the second one.

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

Idea Developped Roy Lichtenstein Styled Font Finally, the last artist I have chosen is Roy Lichtendtein and he’s work is definitely my favourite out of all the others as I have been a massive fan of pop art since I was a child.

I know that I can create some brilliant ideas from his work because it is very creative and bright coloured. The idea I have come up with is to create the font as straight bubble writing so it looks similar to his style and then the

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Roy Lichtenstein Art

Graphic Design Module TDF1064 Project - Artist Typeface Student - James Richards Student number - U1261281

Idea Developped Roy Lichtenstein Styled Font

draw his art work within the text, which I think it will be difficult to create the whole alphabet in time as the letters may be time consuming. was taking me at least 1 hour to create each and realisticly I don’t think I have This is the idea that I have come up enough time to create them which is a with for this artist. Basically, I created the letters fine and straight because a shame. lot of his artwork is like that, I then got images of his work and then re-drew them myself in Adobe Illustrator and place them behind the letters. This is my favourite idea but

4 CHOSEN ARTISTS The 4 chosen artists I have decided to look at in depth are: 1. Jasper Johns 2. Roy Lichtensien 3. Eduardo Poalozzi 4.Louise Nevelson The fact that the 4 different artists I have chosen to study are all different types of designers tells me that they will all be unique to each other and will have their own style.

I also chosen to study 4 different artists instead of 3 to strengthen my knowledge.

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Graphic Design Module TDF1064 Project - Artist Typeface Student - James Richards Student number - U1261281

JASPER JOHNS FONT

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JASPER JOHNS FONT

Graphic Design Module TDF1064 Project - Artist Typeface Student - James Richards Student number - U1261281

I believe that I have transcribed Jasper Johns font really well, I used the pen tool on Adobe Illustrator to create the font. I thought it looked very similar to the piece of art the Jasper Johns created with the lines.

I think my font will look a lot more similar if I colour matched it with his work as well, I will provide an example of a coloured version soon so you can see what it looks like. This was the first font I created and after this one all of the other fonts became a lot more easy as I knew what I was doing.

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FAVOURED LETTERS

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Graphic Design Module TDF1064 Project - Artist Typeface Student - James Richards Student number - U1261281

Graphic Design Module TDF1064 Project - Artist Typeface Student - James Richards Student number - U1261281

COLOUR/BOLD/ITALIC

NORMAL COLOUR

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BOLD

ITALIC

ROY LICHTENSTEIN FONT

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Graphic Design Module TDF1064 Project - Artist Typeface Student - James Richards Student number - U1261281

ROY LICHTENSTEIN FONT

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Like I mentioned earlier, this was my favourite font out of all of my choices but unfortunetly I was unable to finish it.

The graphics were taking way too long and I was affraid that if I spend any more time createing them my other ideas would be poor quality and rushed which I didn’t want to do.

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FAVOURED LETTERS

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COLOUR/BOLD/ITALIC

NORMAL COLOUR BOLD

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ITALIC

EDUARDO PAOLOZZI FONT

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Graphic Design Module TDF1064 Project - Artist Typeface Student - James Richards Student number - U1261281

EDUARDO PAOLOZZI FONT

As you can see, this is the final font that I created for Eduardo Paolozzi and because of the inconvinience I had with the pop are font I think this will be my chosen one as this was my second favourite and it is finished.

I really do love this font as I think it really resembles Eduardos art work, especially with the use of colours and shapes of letters.

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Graphic Design Module TDF1064 Project - Artist Typeface Student - James Richards Student number - U1261281

FAVOURED LETTERS

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COLOUR/BOLD/ITALIC

NORMAL COLOUR BOLD

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ITALIC

LOUISE NEVELSON FONT

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LOUISE NEVELSON FONT

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This is my final design which is Louise Nevelson, I really liked this this idea because it does look very similar to her work that she does. This is one of my favourites but I am going to go with my my Eduardo Poalozzi idea.

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FAVOURED LETTERS

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COLOUR/BOLD/ITALIC

NORMAL COLOUR BOLD

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ITALIC

FONT SPELLING ARTISTS NAME

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FONT SPELLING ARTISTS NAME

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Graphic Design Module TDF1064 Project - Artist Typeface Student - James Richards Student number - U1261281

FONT SPELLING ARTISTS NAME

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CHOSEN FONT

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FONT REFINEMENTS

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FONT VARIATIONS

18PT

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34PT 48PT 60PT

72PT 34 ARTIST TYPEFACE

TYPE SPECIMEN SHEET

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Graphic Design Module TDF1064 Project - Artist Typeface Student - James Richards Student number - U1261281

Graphic Design Module TDF1064 Project - Artist Typeface Student - James Richards Student number - U1261281

TYPE SPECIMEN SHEET

Eduardo Paolozzi

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