#material_studies

This is a link to the book that details the process that I went through in order to create the typeface "ouch". It explores the process of creating a typeface with physical materials. 

Digital Rendering

For this project I was asked to make letters from different material studies. I started experimenting with different material but none made interesting shapes like I wanted. I decided to experiment with food so I chose the red bell pepper. After exhausting the possibilities of creating type out of it, I was asked to create a poster using those letters. I chose to make my poster relate to my Latino heritage and since we love “Chile” I decided putting all different kinds of spicy peppers on my poster. I took several pictures using special light and played around with Photoshop to make it look better.

I do wish that the camera I used had been of a higher quality — I didn't realize the resolution was so low until I went to print it. I liked my image, but the resolution just didn't turn out very well.

I wanted the final image to look like a student, bored in class, started to doodle using something they had on hand. Creating a letter "z" with circular hole reinforcements was difficult, but I am happy with the way I worked through it and made something different.

My final typeface was made up of buttons and glue sticks. I took an nontraditional approach using glue where the glue sticks were what made up the typeface and the buttons were used as the form's base rather than the glue primarily being used to hold the typeface together. My typeface was used to create a fictional PSA for a local Art Academy advertising their summer camp programs. The top video shows my final PSA where all type is made up of glue sticks for the exception of the date. The bottom slideshow previews the process of forming different letters with my typeface. Though working with certain letter forms and materials is difficult, it was an interesting challenge trying to figure out how I would make a form stand and stay put without loosing its true shape. Lastly, I chose to do a PSA for an art academy because the materials used were good representations of school, education, art and the youth.