Interest In Typographic Project
Application used: Illustrator
Overview
This project required us to select a topic of interest and create a strictly typographic visual representation of it, without the use of any shapes. After brainstorming various topics, I ultimately chose to focus on black holes. The typographic posters needed to emphasize sentences, words, and syllables separately.
Sketches
For my sketches, I explored various possibilities for digitization. However, I felt that all of these options appeared overly complex, and I struggled to create a design that would be simple enough for people to easily understand the topic.
Digitized Drafts
I developed several ideas for the digitized drafts that differed from my original designs. After receiving feedback from my peers, I chose to simplify the digitized designs to make them easier to understand.
Final Designs
The final designs needed to be formatted in an 8x8 grid. I refined all the posters to give them a very minimalist aesthetic. The most challenging part of this project was creating each star, which consisted of letters spelled out in "Black Hole." Additionally, crafting the swirl on the left proved to be incredibly difficult since I couldn't rely on a simple tool. I accomplished this by cutting circles in half and piecing them together to form the design you see below.
