9/28 In Class Critique on Letterforms

Wow! I have to say that the five ladies that went before me left me feeling very intrigued and honored by their work. They all exuded such brilliant and unique detail and were so personally unique. I was also left a little intimidated, but glad that we decided to break before my presentation. My worries were that my image was not exciting and that it was too obvious and simple.  To my surprise, the overall consensus was that it worked. I did get great feedback on how to position my font (Hobo Std) so that there was more of a connection with the photo. Originally the fonts were upright and right to left as they would be in an elementary alphabet book. This is not the intention that I had for my spread, and the simple suggestion of rotating the letters helped me realize what was missing from “connecting” the two. By repositioning the letters you can almost hear the revving of the engine. One lovely lady said that the font made her want to just get in and drive it around. Thanks! Also in the original photo one of the poles in the background was an intense and unnatural green that was an interference with the G in the scooter. As Nell’s suggestion I muted the color (big thanks).

One particular lady created letter text out of many, many translucent layers of different fonts of the letter “C”. These layers were different shades of brown and yellow. When all layered together the finished layer resembled the photo image, which was a photo of a student’s dreaded hair in an up-d0. This image was so intricate and complex, yet not overly complicated. It alluded to the letter form rather than blatantly stating the obvious. Brilliant!