Hand-drawn Type

Below are some examples of my own experimentation into hand-drawn type during the childhood nostalgia project.

Typography

For my final semester project I decided to introduce a mixture of hand-drawn and computerised typography into my designs, inspired by the work shown below..

Gant Powell: Hand-drawn text

EcoJot Journal Designs

I love the combination of  different fonts and scale 

change used in the above two prints designed for EcoJot.

Karel Capek Designs

Julia Rothman

The clever mixture of different fonts in Julia Rothman's work 

allows the text to be viewed as a pattern not just as words.

Room-sets

The first collection from my final graduate project is displayed in the previous post. The collection is made up of five digital wallpaper prints for a boy's bedroom, created from my original visual studies work.

Children's Wallpaper

Final Graduate Collection 1

Reveal 2012: Catalogues

Received my two copies of the University of Leeds degree show catalogue today. The book is looking brilliant, showcasing the work of all graduates across the 4 design disciplines; Art & Design, Fashion Design, Graphic & Communication Design and Textile Design... 

Scenes of Childhood: Margaret Clarkson

One of the main inspirations for my watercolour drawings was from looking at the stunning work of Margaret Clarkson.  The combination of pen and watercolour in her illustrations works  perfectly. The black line adds definition to the figures but without detracting the attention away from the delicate strokes of colour.

http://www.margaretclarksonoriginals.co.uk/

"Most of the ideas I have come from my childhood. I don't know whether I was really observant but the detail and atmosphere seems to have been etched on my memory – which is extremely useful now!"- Margaret Clarkson

New Designers 2012

 

I have been lucky enough to be chosen to exhibit my work at New Designers 2012... so so excited to go! The show begins on the 27th June at the Business Design centre in Islington, London and ends on 30th. 

http://www.newdesigners.com/ 

http://www.newdesigners.com/page.cfm/Action=Exhib/ExhibID=511/loadSearch=20678_551 

Degree Show: Set up!

Preparations for Reveal 2012!

Pure Watercolour

Samples of my watercolour paintings

Watercolour and Pen

In order to create variation and broaden my style, in my Childhood nostalgia project, I introduced watercolour into my visual studies. Here are some examples of visual studies created using pen and watercolour...

Drawings

Samples of visual studies for 
childhood nostalgia project