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Days of Type
Brief:
Days of Type is a project that invites Designers, Illustrators and Graphic Artists to express their particular view on letters and numbers in our alphabet.
36 days of restless creativity, where participant are challenged to design a letter or number each day, resulting an outcome of the ability to represent the same symbol from many different perspectives.
The project aims to be a space for creation around typography and its endless graphic possibilities.
For this assessment task you are to illustrate a series of letterforms based on a theme, running from A-Z (and then 0-9).
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Experiment with techniques before you begin, it helps to be consistent once started, as this forms the basis of the challenge.
Once you have completed the days of type challenge (min 26, max 36) scan or photograph your original illustrations and create a series of 10 postcards.
Assessment Requirements:
Part 1:
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Research past examples and collect samples for reference (note source instagram account or website URL)
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Part 2:
Experiment safely with different approaches, media and styles, usinga variety of compositional formats and colour schemes —documentation must be shown in visual diary
Explainvisual communication and the fundamentals of typography; such as anatomy and classification for each letter created
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Post to Instagramor another online platform of your choice, saving work in correct format for each platformunderstanding associated legal requirements when sharing work in public space
Explain the approaches, opportunities,constraints and or problem solving of your chosen technique (digital or analogue)
Part 3:
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Scan,adjustor enhanceillustrations for final use
Each of your final postcardsmust include one of your illustrations and a reverse side with artist details and postal information
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