Create a barrage of handdrawn typefaces.

Objective

To improve your drawing skills
To increase your understanding of typography

Task

• Design a selection of type for use on a poster. On various pages of your book - draw interesting and contrasting examples of type (fonts). You may source these from anywhere you wish.
• For each letter of the alphabet, attempt a few differing versions.
• Work in any medium you desire — a mixture of pen, pencil, ink would be preferable - but remember that you may easily colour in Photoshop.
• Don't worry about creating the poster... we'll do that bit in Photoshop.
• Look on my Type Pinboard (HERE) for inspiration.

Presentation

Photograph your pages and post to your blog.

You will be graded on

Full pages of amazingness, quality and inventiveness. - 4 = A, 2 = C, 1 = E

Pages of experiments, beautifully bustling and busy pages of creativity.

Time needed

3 hrs

Deadline

tbc

Below is a video explanation of the task. Ignore the bit about homework.