DIY Alphabet - Week 5

Final Development 

Following on from last week I began refining my alphabet and lining them up into a composition I liked the look of. Having the Z on it's own would come in handy later on as I wanted to find a way around including the punctuation without it appearing so structured and linear. 

However, one thing I decided early on was that I wanted to keep my poster in black and white, as adding colour to the background would take away from the silhouettes and the stamp like quality to the individual letters. 

As for the numbers, these were something that I had to get more creative with, as numbers such as four and five were ones that required more dynamic poses to ensure that they were easily readable, and too hold the cat's silhouette. These numbers turned out thicker than the letters, and yet I think they work well together as a family, whist still being in different groups. With exceptions of the number eight, I only tidied up the numbers, happy with the way they turned out and their unusual shapes. 

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Tackling punctuation was something I had to think about for a while, as trying to include cats in the smaller pieces of punctuation such as speech marks and hyphens wouldn't work well due to their small size. Instead I decided to think away from cats, and instead to things associated with them to make up the smaller details to create a contrast between the size of the cats and the accessories. 

I believe this worked well, as it created some variation, but kept the theme cohesive and the simplicity of the punctuation worked well against the more complex shapes of the majority of the letters and numbers.