OUGD603. Extended Practice. Wall Mural for Level 6 Classroom. Development.

having spoken to issy and having explained my ideas so far she informed me that she was unable to take part because she had a lot of work on which i completely understood and, having considered it further, i was more comfortable working alone for this piece because it would mean complete creative control and not having to associate styles or developmental work.

i began by designing and rendering the type piece on paper in order to map out the lettering and develop the typographic content.

i measured out the space on the wayy and cut a sheet of stock to a scaled down size in order to replicate the measurements exactly. i worked out the basic wording and stylisation and then calculated and measured the x-height, kerning and leading for each word and glyph.

i then went on to measure out the grid for the actual design and began to imput the basic structure of the lettering.

i applied a ripple effect to the word illusion so that the visuals would relate to and embody the word itself.

once the pencil sketch was complete i proceeded to free hand render the outline using various weight fine liners.

from the outline i went on to develop the visual content and rendering qualities within the text.

TIME :

• i used pointillism to add depth and shape to the decorative wraps on the bottom half.
• i featured a drop 3d within the letters themselves
• i included a drop shadow along the bottom edges of each glyph

 IS AN :

•  i filled the letters with a line based pattern that ran the direction of the script
• i applied an inward facing drop shadow to the letters

ILLUSION :

• i followed the sketched ripple effect when outlining the letters
• i included a water-like black highlight to give the letters depth and word associated effect

LUNCHTIME :

• the lettering style i applied was aimed at mimicking strawberry laces and so appears as one continuous script
• i used pointillism to render the letters and give a more 3d, rounded appearance

DOUBLY SO :

• the placement of the 'Y' was kerned too far from the rest of the word (this was addressed when producing the final mural)
• the lettering style i used was simple to contrast the rest of the piece and to round off the whole design.
• i applied an inward facing block 3d to this word with a line fill following the 3d's direction

having produced the hand rendered piece i then went on to prep the wall and progress with the mural itself.

i used the projector to project the original design onto the wall to then pencil in the skeleton of the piece. unfortunately the projector would only project to a certain size and so i was forced to compromise on size. this was a minor issue however because the tpye was still big enough to be seen from the back of the classroom.

i used a variety of posca paint pens to produce the wall piece.

because there was some extra space on the sides of the mural i decided to develop a character design in line with the quote itself as an extra visual component.

i thought some sort of sandwich/pizza themed character would be appropriate to the quote and would work as a light hearted and jokey addition.

i begun by sketching a design out using biro.

 

to save time i  decided not to use the projector again and instead simply did the character sraight onto the wall. i included line rendering and shaing and then added an extra outline.

the final outcome shots can be seen on a separate post.