CDF: The 3d Letter Form

We've started on the next project in Color, Drawing & Form, which is a 3d letter sculpture using illustration board, Bristol board, or foam core board.   The kick this project off, we are having to create orthographic views of a capital letter in any of the Font folio fonts.  I have chosen the W in the Kabel Std font.  A very bold letter, and it really gives me that art deco feel of the older years in cinema.

CDF: Letter Projection Documentation

In this project, we started by partnering up with another of our peers.  I was with Keaton Reeder.  We then had to take pictures of 2 sides of the design building, and create vector drawings of them in illustrator.  (Such as the south side above.)

Running parallel to this, we had to also create a vector drawing of our initials and create orthographic and oblique drawings of them.  (Below)

 In the end, the two were combined to form a sort of wall graphic or graffiti image on the two walls, and all this was bound in a book.  (Below)

 

VisCom: Line Project Documentation

We are also starting the new Line project with the completion of the Dot Book behind us.  This line study began with a series of simple line studies, to convey the words Progression, Balance, and Randomness. These had to be placed in 7x7 Squares.

(A simple line study for progression above.)

We Then had to use a simple study as a template, and fill in the planes with other simple line studies to make a Complex line study. (Complex progression line study above.)

We've now started on an experimentation with these, in which we use projectors,cameras, scanners, and the xerox machine.  I'll post images of this later.

Type: Flash Documentation

We are starting on the flash project for Typography now that the Dot Book is finished.  I've decided to work with the letter e in Bernhard Std and Futura Std.  I've yet to come up with the content for the e's to represent, but I'll get on that soon.

After the choice of font and letter, the cropping process starts.  We were to crop the letter in both typefaces into 3x3 squares. 

(Bernhard on Above, Futura below.)

VisCom & Type: Dot Book Documentation

Although it's a bit late, I figured I should still upload the documentation for the Dot book assignment.  I don't have photos of the ending product, but I'll get those up as soon as I can.

The Mind Mapping process in the beginning.  Always a favorite way to get ideas in my oppinion since it lets me think and draw how my brain does;  in this case, through iconography. 

Creating the basic dot layouts, specific to their words.  (Word list is in an earlier post.)  Found imagery as well.

Beginning the Type layouts, and the cutting/xeroxing process.

The battlemaps from a book I found at half priced books served as both a graphic element, and a vehicle for the books concept.  The title of which finalized as "Expand and Conquer."  The Red line graphic on these pages was continued on the front cover, and will be shown in the finalized project images I'll download later.

Found some Olive green paper from Creative to use as a back for all my pages.  Have the maps on the front and back of the pages would have been to overwhelming for the viewers.  I think it complimented the creamy tone of the maps quite well.