#translatetransform

Here is a poster I made of Turki's fingerprints using the bubble font. I have selected the outline of the font and places the finger prints on top, then selecting inverse to delete the outside to make the prints catch the shape of the font. It's been a fun process of using ink as a way to gain information and analysing the lines of each finger prints that are all unique. From research gathered I have discovered that there has never been found two people to share the same finger prints which is why it's a form of identification when the police finds a body who can't be identified or a crime has been committed and finger prints are found on the scene. As humans we leave finger prints of anything we touch, even clothes and I find it fascinating that we have created a database where finger prints can identify a person.

For my poster I wanted to create the whole alphabet, but I ran out of time since we only had one week to complete this. I struggled finding my topic at the beginning and going forward from my initial idea of spiral line art. However, combining identity with type has been very interesting because it forms a special communication between the fact that type also holds personality. Which is why I wanted to embed the two together. I think more research into identity could have been useful to help me achieve more experiments and a deeper understanding of different systems we have to identify one another.

for my initial idea I thought I could create a spiral line piece of art as exampled bellow but with finger prints instead. The process of altering finger prints to create an image within the lines. The example I have taken from a website where you can upload any image and it creates a spiral line art of the image.

I think from my initial ideas I have been very interested in the concept of identity and what it means in different concepts. We talk about identity within branding where we analyse different elements within our design that are unique and create an identity within a brand. I enjoy the concept of typeface identity and how fonts become faces for brands because of unique characteristics. This idea of identity sparked from looking at my finger prints which is also a form of identifying a person, but its called biometrical identification.

Identity

Identity is the distinguishing character or personality of an individual.

I looked at different ways identity can be investigated:

finger prints

saliva

eyes

Following the briefing and examples showed. I have decided to write down all my initial ideas that I have came up with. In therms of creating a system I am not sure how to but I hope through experimentation and research I can figure it out.

My initial ideas:

Translating identity through finger prints and how each one of us has unique finger prints. How could I visually transform this?

Typography can express emotions, translating type into emotions.

Translating sign language into images.

I very much love Latina music and the form of dance salsa. I would love to play on how a salsa song can be visually translated into movement. The concept of how we come up with dance moves based on the music and the rhythm.

Feedback

Consider what the type says - dun dun, beware swimming in deep waters - less obvious that it’s jaws 

Title sequences 

Does it become a trailer for the film?

For the colours I again devised a system. I associated different colours with emotions to help emphasise my emotions felt when listening to the soundtrack. I used gradients so I could blend the colours in a seamless way. When deciding on my colours I also thought about linking them to Jaws, for example I used a blue background and added the red on top. I think this really helped visualise the narrative of the soundtrack.

Blue: Safety/Calm

Red: Fear

Yellow: Suspense

Green: Apprehension