26 March, 2014

Artwork In Progress - Biodiversity



After reading that the process of making art can be as interesting as the finished product, I’ve made more of an effort to record what I do.
At the moment I’m working on a large format (A1) typography. Let me just say that getting A1 paper is a pain in the arse. Once a year I take a train into the CBD specifically to get the right sort of A1 paper (I think that it’s about 250 gsm) from a snooty art supplies shop. Last time I was there I spent about $100 on paper just so I could put as much time between then and the next paper-buying mission as possible. Geez! I can’t even think about it without getting my rage on!
Anyway, the word is “biodiversity”. I worked each letter out on drafting paper first:



The inking is my favourite step. It’s much easier to see whether something is working once all the lines have been filled in:


Each letter is different, so getting the whole thing to look balanced was a bit tricky. There are individual letters that I really like but I’m not sure what I think of it as a whole just yet.

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