Imagine standing in the cool, still air of a deep cave, the outside world a distant memory. The only sound is the echo of your own breath. On the wall, a faint, reddish outline catches your eye. It is the shape of a human hand, a silent greeting left by someone who stood in this exact spot when the world outside was unrecognizably different. For millennia, this simple gesture has waited in the…

With scans of the work I have done in class, I created digital outcomes by editing the elements with different colours and placements.

Having arranged the painted stencils separately, I then arranged them to form the full title.

Using the Halftone Bitmap tool in Photoshop, I was able to create a halftoned version of part of one of my earlier designs.

I then added the rest of the title digitally, reusing the halftone to create a simple composotion, but I like how the white space makes the monotone desing stand out.

For this workshop we used: A3 cartridge paper, craft knives, cutting mats, plastic boards, rollers, print ink (all colours), scissors, sponges, pens and pencils.

We cut out stencils from paper, and used ink rollers and sponges to spread ink. I enjoyed using the sponge as it allowed me to produce both hard and soft edges with my letters.

personal assignment, week 2 -- "a kerv'd notebook", stencils and spray paint.

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