AMY FARRELL
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DIY Alphabet Week 2 - Development

2/17/2021

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Going into this week, following the Ampersand work, I began to think of a theme that could be worked on easier, each letter being more different than my previous lines of enquiry. Again, I decided to work digitally, as this was the way of working I thought would be the most productive. 

Cats

One of the reasons I like to include cats in a lot of my work is due to their flexibility and playful nature, something I thought would be useful to translate into a type face. Unlike my initial Letter Selfie, I wanted the form of the cats to be the base of the letters as opposed to simply being inside a bulky letter. 

This idea did prove to be effective, more effective than using another animal as for more difficult stapes like that of an A, it was easier to adapt and come up with a pose given the flexibility of cats and the poses they can bend into. It was the letters that should have been easier, such as the T that proved more difficult, going against the flexibility seen in the other letters. 
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Plasters

Looking around what I had at hand was where this idea came from, though I wanted to take a step back from the photography as I don't think it was my strongest point. Instead I drew out a handful of different plaster shapes, and began trying to piece them together as you would in person. 

The outcome was interesting, and something I did end up liking, due to the almost pixel-like letter being bulky, yet still readable. Due to the variety in the shapes too, this allowed me to create most of the letters, and would be able to create a wider range of letters in the long run.
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Koi Fish

Whilst exploring the Cat idea, I thought about what other animals would be flexible enough to make some of the more complex shapes of some letters, sure as the curves or the straight lines - enough to create a variety. It was then I explored the idea of using Koi fish, being large enough to make a letter with one or two fish, but interesting enough to be visually appealing - hence why I used Koi fish as opposed to something basic like goldfish. 

I did like this idea and how some of the letters looked, especially the O, as it was clear what it was meant to read. However, I think some of the letters would be harder to create, such as the K, it became hard to read and so I had to rethink and redraw my idea a few times until I came out with something that was easier to read. 
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