In this second semester with John, we will be creating our own fonts in these post and production workshops. We looked at some examples of fonts that were created and spectated on how they used their piece of influence in their work. Using some references of our own from some images, we created letters from the shapes we looked at in these images. To begin with, we started drawing out the letters "A,N,E,S,G". I decided to do this on graph paper because the grids were helpful in presenting the font neatly and to keep the lines consistent. I experimented with using pencil, markers and fine liner through the day. Here are some images below from the workshop:
In the images above, you can see where I was influenced from. I tried not to replicate the font but to however have the filled look. I also kept it simple and just filled the letters with a black marker. This was a good starting point because I've never sketched or designed my own fonts before, so it was a fun new experience for me.
Here is another style I was picking up. I liked to use a ruler drawing my lines so that it looked clean and equal. This style is simple yet it was starting to pick up bits from this reference. The idea was to draw circles within each character or zig-zag lines on the harder letters that aren't filled like a 'C'. This font and reference also reminded me of American Horror Story styled font which I'm familiar with.
These are some more experimentation I was doodling with. I brought some colour into my sketches and thought about the direction of the marker. I was also able to control the fill depth and I think this technique could be good to create bubbly text. The fine liner text was another exploration using simple lines to create this 'The Great Gatsby' look. After we had a go at drawing, we all put our work up on the board and had a look at everyone's fonts. I thought it was a good way to end the day getting some positive compliments as a group.
