P&P Lesson 11 - Nick Deakin - Analogue Communique 2 (Research & Ideas)

Creating three-dimensional typography to communicate a message. We were asked to think about the meaning of our message and how that informs the content and structure of our creation. We  were expected to be creative with our approach to typography and lettering.

A 3D type installation can be much more eye-catching and emotive than digitally rendered type, and in turn can fire one’s imagination far more due to its form, structure, and tactility. This energy is a valuable tool in today’s culture. Due to the omnipresence of social media, we are privy to a constant and rapid stream of type, images, and video, as a result it takes something a little more interesting to be heard or seen amongst the fracas.

The output will be physical, and we will also be asked to record our build, and if necessary use the extra dimension of time to expand our solution with stop motion animation. We should document all stages of the design and build. We should be inventive and demonstrate our ingenuity in solving this design challenge. 

Lars Worm - Changes, 2009

I chose to look at this piece of work because its a little bit different to your normal nature-themed art. There is nothing clean and precise about this, it almost leaves the middle part of the word to your imagination. When you look really hard, you can see which parts of the branches he wants you to see but there are many other letters that can be seen.

David McLeod - Amfursands & Naturally, 2014/15

I found these two pieces of work quite amusing so was drawn to them. The first piece, 'Amfursands', got me thinking. Is it a physical item that has been photographed or was it created on a 3D making software like Cinema 4D? The second piece just made me laugh. It looks like it was an image of flowery grass that has been put into Photoshop and had the background removed to make the smiley face.

RocketScience Lab - Kyoorius Designyatra, 2013

I loved this piece by RocketScience Lab that I found on Behance.com. It reminded me of when I was a kid and used to play with all of my candles. I loved the way wax melts and all of the effects you can make with it. Wax drys fairly fast so you can build it up quite quickly to make something 3D.

I really like how they have layered up different coloured wax so when it melts, it's all multi-coloured.

I took all of these artists pieces and came up with my own range of ideas. Some are a little bit rubbish but they inspired me to do my better ideas.

After being inspired by the wax artwork, I decided to try it out myself. I taped a rainbow of crayons to a white board and attacked them with a hairdryer. I found that the hairdryer splatters the wax everywhere so I scrapped that idea and used fire! I bought a selection of lighters of all different sizes and used them to melt and mould the colours into each other.