WK 6: 07/03/16

I need to decide on lettering for my film posters so have decided to do some research, make notes and examples on different types of fonts and typography. Two good books I found when looking through my dad’s collection were two by Patricia Carter on calligraphy and lettering. They contain some really beautiful designs and examples so I got side-tracked and spent a lot more time than I had planned on this.

In regard to artists I looked in particular at Osvaldo Venturi as his work is particularly based on illustrations for movie posters. I completed one of his drawings for my critical studies but did not like the typeface so this is why I feel it is important for me to research this. During this week I have created a mood board on typography and did various experiments with the draft layout design for my first poster. This has helped me realise how it important it is to research and experiment with some details.  I don’t want to do a lot of work in my drawings for it to be spoiled by something as simple as the title not being the right size.

On Tuesday I continued my artists research and made notes for my annotations but took too long so had to continue on Wednesday. On Thursday and Friday, I completed work in my sketchbook and used some of my photos from my visit to the Royal Armouries as primary research and observational drawings.

I enjoyed this as I could pick and choose and see where some of my ideas could go.

On Saturday I watched Merlin and planned (themes, characters). On Sunday I had a long day and completed drawings and annotations for my three chosen artists and critical studies. I also planned the layout of my research sheets.
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