Principle 1: Draw By Hand
Drawing is key to any visual communicators design process. It engages a connection between hand and eye and maximises the use of our creative "right side brain" which i will write about for Principle 2.
In this instance i am trying to formulate some ideas for the magazine project in which i am thinking about imagery and text to contribute.
I am playing about with the structure of text and how letterforms can be morphed to be less distinguishable.
This ties into our magazine project as we are going to look at Hidden parts of Birmingham for our theme and i would like to make the words hide within their own structure.
I wanted to try and create some hand drawn texts that are not so easily read and look more like an arrangement of structured lines and shapes.
The intention of these drawings would be so that the viewer is not reading, yet "looking at" the text as shapes and lines before discovering the hidden text to finally distinguish as something to read.
Some examples of this work exist in a lot of Graffiti style typography, with wildstyle letter fonts that play about with the structure and positioning of letterforms.
I thought i would look at some Graffiti writers to start. I suppose i could scoure the world to show some internationally recognised graffiti writers like Marc Ecko or SKEME. However, as good as their work is i thought id look at someone a bit more local to me, a bit more local to Birmingham.
This guy goes by the name of Hoakser and is recognised in Birmingham on a more illusive scale.
Hoakser: Graffiti Vs Art (Link for Hoakser exhibition video)
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| Hoakser Spray Can Mural Back of Kings Heath Church |
These images were taken 10 minutes away from my house in the Kings Heath area or Birmingham. As you can see, the typo is warped and not regularly formatted and hides the actual word within its structure. A combination of shape, structure and colour make this possible.
His work is relevant to the magazine project as the letters of hidden/covert in their presentation.
I have used Hoakser as part of my artist reasearch.
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| I have drawn and annotated on my artist reasearch |
I want to create some of my own so i need to experiment with drawings. i want to draw for ideas and not create "art" so i will take risks to come up with different variables. i will analyse my drawings and see what sort of outcomes they inhabit and whether they will be relevant for my magazine.
We have to word COVERT as our magazine title so this will be the basis word for my experimentation.
Sketches, Progressing. Combining typo and composition QUICKLY!
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| Time Taken Above - 17min Below - 11min |
Mark Making and thinking on the page
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| Initial ideas Quick Sketches |
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| Progressed Ideas |
Progression of Ideas:
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| Initial Drawing COVERT |
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| Experimenting with colour |
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| Final Outcome |
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| Idea Progression From mark making and scribbling to a clean finished design |
Drawing by hand does not neccesarily restrict me to my RVJ.
A friend of mine gave me permission to draw some quick throw up ideas on his bedroom wall. The wall was already covered in crap from other people so i thought id take up the opportunity. Armed with a permanent marker i attacked his wall! Birmingham Permanent!
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| It was better than the other shit on the wall! |
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| Birmingham skyline quick throw up Black & Blue |
Birmingham skyline progressed - Throw up
Ammunation - Sharpie Chisel Tip
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| Couldn't resist doing another in sketchbook. |
Thanks to Ashley for letting me scrawl on his wall and door!!!
Drawing by hand is a very effective way to generate, progress and finish initial ideas. They can progress from simple things such as mark making and the end result is accomplished after a series of steps.
Principle 1: Draw By Hand
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