james richards - graphic design

Module 3Artist Typeface”

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Graphic DesignModule TDF1064

Project - Artist TypefaceStudent - James Richards

Student number - U1261281

AboutThe Brief”

For this brief I am required to create a font that must be based on a specific artist. The finished design has to be reproduced in black and white but for the promotion, font bureau have asked to see the designs in full colour. The designs also need to be produced in a number of different point sizes such as 60pt, 72pt and 84pt. I will also be documenting all stages of development and research. Firstly, I am going to research 8 different artists such as: Andy Warhol, Donna Crawshaw, Eduardo Paolozzi, Jasper Johns, Jean Dubuffet, Pa blo Picasso, Louise Nevelson and Roy LichtenStein. I am then going to transcribe their artwork into a font

of my own choice. After this I will narrow down my 8 developments and concentrate on my 3 favoured choices, I am then going to develop my 3 ideas even further by creating the full alphabet with them. I will also be experimenting with colours to see which ones look more aesthetically pleasing. When I have developped my 3 ideas as much as I can I will then have to choose 1 of them to be my final idea, when I have decided on my final idea I will have to create it as a downloadable PDF so you’re able to download it from the web. I will also need to create a front cover for my final piece as well as a advertisment and then a webpage for my font.

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Module TDF1064Project - Artist Typeface

Student - James RichardsStudent number - U1261281

On the next few pages I am going to be providing several different examples of my artist research, I will be showing images of their artwork and then images of my own work with a brief description about the artist. I will also write about the artwork that I have used and state why I have done it, what I like about it and whether I am going to take the idea forward.




8 DifferentArtists”

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On this page I have decided to look at Andy Warhol’s artwork, as he is one of the most iconic artists for visual art movement known as pop art. The reasons why I have chosen these 3 art pieces are because I believe they can be transcribed into a font and look unique and colourful. I particularly think the Marilyn Monroe piece will be interesting as the font could have a different colour behind it like the Marilyn images. The picture of the guns is interesting as I could create the letters in that style and maybe overlap the letter like shown in the image.

Artist ResearchAndy Warhol”“

My ideas;These 2 are sketches that I edited in photoshop by using filters within the filter gallery such as >Pallette Knife and >Cutout which has gave them a matte effect. These 2 ideas are based on the Marolyn Monroa idea as I really like the idea of bright coloured text complimented with a bright coloured background. I think that this specific idea would look great for titles and headings as the colours would make it stand out.A

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Artist ResearchDonna Crawshaw”“

The second artist I have chosen to observe is Donna Crawshaw, she is known for painting portraits of animals. She mainly paints pictures of cows, chickens and dogs. When I was thinking of how to make an idea unique and different I thought that I could create a letter that and each letter could be the same colour as an animal, for example zebra colours, tiger colours and giraffe colours. In the end I thought it would be even more interesting to convert the letters into actual animals as you can see on the right.

My ideas;

This the last one that I created, I asked a few people if they knew which letter it represented and a lot of people was unsure which put me off this idea. It is a letter ‘S’ by the way.A

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Same again, this is the letter ‘G’ and I created this by doing the same process. I started to go off this idea as the letters was taking too long to create and I didn’t think that the final product would look that great.

This is the letter ‘D’ made from a dolphin, I created this by creating a rough sketch and then scanning it on to the computer and then drawing around it with the pen tool on Adobe Illustrator.



Student number - U1261281Artist ResearchBanksy”“

This idea is about the famous graffiti artist ‘Banksy’. The reason why I have chosen to transcribe Banksy’s work is because I think the idea I came up with is very interesting. Basically I am going to create the font with a spray paint look and then create a brick wall that will always be behind the text so as you’re typing the brick wall will be joining up and the wall will have spray pain on it spelling out whatever you want. There are multiple solutions for this as you can use different backgrounds such as a fence, wall and brick wall.

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These are the ideas that I came up with and then created by sketching and using Illustrator. Firstly, I had a lot of problems creating the bricks as they kept on leaving big gaps between the letters but I got there in the end as you can see. I also came up with multiple solutions for my font and my idea was to actually spray paint every letter from the alphabet on to and A4 piece of paper. Then scan them into the computer and trace them on Illustrator so I have a graffiti font.

Artist ResearchEduardo Paolozzi”“

I have also looked at a lot of Eduardo Paolozzi’s work as it is all very intersting and unique to other artists work. My favourite part about his work his the fact that everything is so randomly laid out and made up of shapes that use a lot of bright colours. I think that I have transcribed this art work really well as the letters really do reflect upon his work as they’re all randomly laid out out and it do think that it resembles his work a lot. I have created to different ideas for this piece.

My ideas;

Here is another idea that I produced for Eduardo’s work, I believe that this one is a lot more suitable as the letters reflect on his work as he tends to use a lot of random shapes and keeps his drawings very round and smooth and also uses alot of red, green and blue.A

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This is my idea for Eduardo Paolozzi, I think that this particukar idea is very intersting and looks very asthetic. However, I think it is way too complex and would take such a long time to complete the whole aplhapet as each letter would contain so much detail.

Artist ResearchJasper Johns”“

I have also chosen to look at Jasper Johns work because I believe that I could transcribe his art work into a unique styled font because uses unique painting methods. I really like the piece of art with different lines and think that I could create a good font from his artwork. I also like his artwork about different flags and I think it would be a good idea to create a font in the style of each flag, for example the letter ‘B’ would be a Brazil flag or a British flag.

My ideas;

I think that this idea is a lot more powerful because it is basic but reflects on his work relly well and would look great as in a sentance, it is also a lot more ideal to create as it wont take as long because I wont be spending such a long time creating the letters as it is just a stroke.A

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This is my idea for Eduardo Paolozzi, I think that this particukar idea is very intersting and looks very asthetic. However, I think it is way too complex and would take such a long time to complete the whole aplhapet as each letter would contain so much detail.

Artist ResearchLouise Nevelson”“

On this page I have decided to research into Louise Nevelson and her artwork. She is mostly well known for her sculptor work that is very unique, they all tend to include very straight and curvy edges and she usually creates them in dark colours such as black and purple tones. I think that I have used her work very well as the font I have designed does look very similar to who work as I have used similar techniques such as curves and straight lines and similar colours.

My ideas;

Here, I have a vectorised version that I created in Illustrator. I think they look a lot more smarter when they have been digitalised as they look a lot more realistic and do have a comparrison to Louise’s work. I think that I am going to take this idea further.A

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This a rough visual to what I will be creating, I think this idea has a lot of potential as the shapes will be all randomly ordered just like Louise’s art work. I am also diliberatly going to make selected letters bigger than others to make them seem more random.

Artist ResearchPablo Picasso”“

Here I will show the different ideas that I have produced for Pablo Picasso. I think that his work would be very interesting to transcribe as he uses a lot bright colours and draws in a messy way, yet interesting. I like the first image at the top because it is made up of so many different shapes and colours. I am going to revolve my font around that image because the font could look really funky being multiple different colours as and shaped really uniquely.

My ideas;

This idea is a mixture between the first image and the second image. As you can see I have kept the colour theme and random shapes from the first image but I have made them more bold and less complex like the second one.A

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As you can see, I have styled my font similar to Pablo’s art as the shape of the letters are very long and narrow and contain a lot of random shapes and colours. I really like this idea and I think it has potential to become one of my best ones so far.

Artist ResearchRoy Lichtenstein”“

Finally, the last artist I have chosen is Roy Lichtendtein and he’s work is definitely my favourite out of all the others as I have been a massive fan of pop art since I was a child. I know that I can create some brilliant ideas from his work because it is very creative and bright coloured. The idea I have come up with is to create the font as straight bubble writing so it looks similar to his style and then the draw his art work within the text, which may be time consuming.

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This is the idea that I have come up with for this artist. Basically, I created the letters fine and straight because a lot of his artwork is like that, I then got images of his work and then re-drew them myself in Adobe Illustrator and place them behind the letters. This is my favourite idea but I think it will be difficult to create the whole alphabet in time as the letters was taking me at least 1 hour to create each and realisticly I don’t think I have enough time to create them which is a shame.




Chosen 4Artists”

“The 4 chosen artists I have decided to look at in depth are:

1. Jasper Johns2. Roy Lichtensien3. Eduardo Poalozzi4.Louise Nevelson

The fact that the 4 different artists I have chosen to study are all different types of designers tells me that they will all be unique to each other and will have their own style. I also chosen to study 4 different artists instead of 3 to strengthen my knowledge.




Final font forJasper Johns”

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Student number - U1261281Jasper JohnsFont”

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I believe that I have transcribed Jasper Johns font really well, I used the pen tool on Adobe Illustrator to create the font. I thought it looked very similar to the piece of art the Jasper Johns created with the lines. I think my font will look a lot more similar if I colour matched it with his work as well, I will provide an example of a coloured version soon so you can see what it looks like. This was the first font I created and after this one all of the other fonts became a lot more easy as I knew what I was doing.



Student number - U1261281FavouriteLetters”

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Final font forRoy Lichtenstien”

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Student number - U1261281Roy LichtenstienFont”

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Like I mentioned earlier, this was my favourite font out of all of my choices but unfortunetly I was unable to finish it. The graphics were taking way too long and I was affraid that if I spend any more time createing them my other ideas would be poor quality and rushed which I didn’t want to do.




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Final font forEduardo Paolozzi”

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Student number - U1261281Eduardo Paolozzi Font”

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As you can see, this is the final font that I created for Eduardo Paolozzi and because of the inconvinience I had with the pop are font I think this will be my chosen one as this was my second favourite and it is finished. I really do love this font as I think it really resembles Eduardos art work, especially with the use of colours and shapes of letters.




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Final font forLouise Nevelson”

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Student number - U1261281Louise Nevelson Font”

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This is my final design which is Louise Nevelson, I really liked this this idea because it does look very similar to her work that she does. This is one of my favourites but I am going to go with my my Eduardo Poalozzi idea.




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different artists

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marolyn monroa idea