Alphabet Soup: Visual Thinking

I was pleased with my final resolution, I think from my first thumbnail to my end result the work has improved considerably, to start with I seemed to restrict myself, and then I decided to think out of the box and try working in relief. When the whole classes letters were lined up on the wall, a few people commented that my letter was the first one they were drew to due to it's three dimensional and bright appearance. And it's due to this different but dynamic appearance that I feel it communicates exaggerate quite successfully.

In terms of durability, the letters won't last long due to some elements of the letters being stuck out at odd angles, however I had them photographed so there is evidence of how they were originally.

Ellis evaluated my set of ten letterforms, I was pleased with the feedback, as it was constructive, on the whole it was positive feedback, she felt it was a creative idea, but wondered how the letterforms would look if they were all in one colour, rather than multi-coloured as if they were all the same it would make them look more uniform. I agreed with this comment, but felt it would lose it's fun feel.

She also felt I could have experimented more with materials, this is entirely true, all I did was construct the letterforms out of coloured card I already had, and there was no consideration into other materials. What may have worked is coloured foam, if I stuck with the polychromatic scheme, as this would be easier to manipulate and wouldn't crease as easy, however, it is not a particularly sturdy material.

I was quite surprised that I had designed a style of type that would only work by handcrafting, as normally I would use a computer to get that absolutely perfect finish, there were a few areas that let the design down due to parts of the card fraying, and some of the foam squares were exposed and so it looked a little untidy at times.

Referring back to the brief, I think the brief was answered, as in the mandatory section it specified that each A6 should contain one letterform but all ten should demonstrate a range of possible solutions, my letters do this, as the letters have been exaggerated in different ways.