DIY Alphabet - Week 4

For this week's development, I decided to develop my Sewing Kit alphabet. I decided to try and make all the letters of the alphabet, as I have done for my draw cat alphabet last week. For the most part, I was able to make all the letters as well as make them visually different. Some of the more interesting letters were those that were able to be made up using scissors, or basic thread and needles. Buttons proved to come in handy for letters that were curvaceous. 

Overall, I think this Alphabet worked well together, conveying the theme of the Sewing Kit strongly. However, I wish I had a little more to work with as the buttons got a little repetitive, and so I had to think of other ways around it. Removing the background would help it feel more cohesive. I am unsure whether I will go ahead with this alphabet as I do much prefer the drawn ones, as they are more flexible to work with. 

Following my feedback session this week, it was clear that the Alphabet I should begin to refine was that of my cat alphabet due to the cohesiveness of is, as well as the playfulness of the shapes as a whole. Coming away from the feedback session I began by redrawing the initial alphabet so I could begin to polish things up, as well as tweak ideas of some of the letters to make sure they looked better as a whole group as opposed to individuals. 

Original 

Refined

Fixed letters (B) and tweaking 

Sizing proved to be a little bit of an issue when it came to placing the letters side by side, as although they were the same height, some of the cats' shadows made them look larger or smaller than others. This is something I will fix at the end when I save each file individually, as it would be easier to see them side by side, and more so when I begin to spell things out. 

From here forth, I repeated the process for each letter, attempting to work out what was best, as some cats had larger and bolder features and some smaller and lighter to make the most of the letter shape and ensure every letter was readable. 

Having pinned down most of the alphabet, I decided to try and tackle numbers this week too, as was something else I wasn't quite sure how it would turn out. More so, I didn't want numbers to feel too similar to the letters as would grow confusing. For this problem, I attempted to make my numbers a little thicker, and feel more weighted as opposed to the slim letters. This would separate the two groups enough that they looked different and readable, but still part of one family. Additionally, the shapes or the numbers were more odd, and flexible so made for some unusual poses unlike the alphabet that could be easily repeated.