It was helpful receiving constructive feedback on my designs.
I started off with my calligraphy design:
When the word 'traditional' appears, I immediately think of an older typeface, having serifs and bolder stems. I think having Helvetica as my base type proved interesting as for this idea above I had to adapt it into a more serif style. This represents the traditional use of serif typefaces, I think.
I have taken inspiration from circus and carnival script and signs for this letterform above. I think circuses are a very traditional event, including freak shows and misunderstood people who have to join it in order to fit in. I wanted it to be detailed, but still legible. I received some positive feedback on this design, which made me question whether to take it forward as my chosen font; however I think this would be quite difficult to replicate on Illustrator.
I am very fond of tattoos, so immediately, the word 'traditional' is connected to them in my head as it is a very old, specific style of tattoo. I did some research into the structure of traditional style tattoo script and found it to be quite specific. I tried to replicate it using Helvetica as a base point. I really like the clarity of this design and think it would be an effective and relevant typeface to choose, but it is very similar to traditional tattoo fonts already existing, and isn't a very creative idea as that is, quite bluntly, what a traditional tattoo script will always look like.
I think this is an extremely decorative letterform which contains a lot of detail. For this, I began looking at different structures of nature, as I find it interesting that trees can live for so long. I think that nature really represents tradition, perhaps not in the most obvious way, but it was a really fun thing to design, I like the chaotic branches creeping off the stem, and even into the counter. I wanted to spread them in all the blank areas of the typeface.
Again, this would be hard to replicate in Illustrator but since getting positive feedback on it, and how it is an interesting concept, I think it would look particularly striking as a full alphabet.
This is a very experimental design that is supposed to reflect the elegant drop caps featured in fairy tale books. I think it still could use a little bit of work, but I like how I have demonstrated a script style type, even if it isn't my particular favourite.
Although these are separate designs, they are linked. The sun and the moon rise everyday, a tradition that is highly, highly unlikely to end for a long time. I thought this was an interesting concept to use for my 10 final designs however I am aware this would only work as a drop cap for display font, and would be very hard to replicate the dot work in illustrator.
Perhaps linking on from day/night, here is my constellations design. This is my favourite of my ideas, as it is simple and clear but also quite intricate in places. I think this could be replicated in illustrator and I would love to experiment with different thicknesses and lengths. Even though it may not look like a 'traditional' serif font used in a past era, I think it represents a very traditional concept that has been around for generations, but also does this in a modernised way.
My final design is a 'victorian' style letterform, but this is probably my least favourite out of my designs. The flowers I feel look too modern and sleek to be suitable for a victorian themed letterform, and the 'T' is also quite elegant but not rustic and exaggerated enough I feel. What I do like about it is the negative space used as I think negative space always looks super.
Overall I am pleased with my designs, however it would have been good to have multiple letterforms for each design, printed or sketched on individual sheets to present. Another useful suggestion was to keep notes written down on my design sheets as it would have been much easier and less scary to present as I found it hard to articulate why and how I had done each design without extra notes!
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