For this project, I created a small series of images with the intent of getting the viewer to see a meaning in the typography that wouldn't be obvious at a first glance. I began by making 3 hand drawn illustrations that took famous quotes and by making letters stand out, spelled another word within the sentence. In the group tutorials, these received mixed responses. Some thought that they were effective, whilst some found them too messy and not drawn with enough confidence and thought that using a computer would be more effective. My original intent was to not have them too neat to show how meticulous it is to draw out computer generated fonts. Before the tutorial, I thought that the images worked well but afterwards I wasn't sure if my intent would be understood so I then decided to use a computer.
I think that the end results that I have created are as effective as the original hand drawn illustrations but seem to lack a sense of personality or creativity. I could definitely have done more research into other artists who use typography to support my work, but as it is such a vast subject I found it hard to find where to start and how to adapt to being as free thinking as the course allows, which I haven't been able to do previously. I would have liked to have had the confidence to explore differents more and which ones worked well and were appropriate for the quotes used. However I did spend a lot of time planning and carrying out the hand drawn illustrations which I unfortunately didn't end up using. If I were to do this project again, I would manage my time better, whilst also experimenting with different processes, perhaps which I had found in my research.
