typography

 Pre-Production

When deciding what quotes I was going to use, I knew from the beginning I was going to use at least two Shawn Mendes quotes. I ended up using three Shawn Mendes quotes and one Win and Woo (another artist I listen to) quote. Our quotes were supposed to in some way correlate to us and at that point in time, I really could relate to them. I spent a really long time looking for fonts. I went through DaFont.com and downloaded tons of fonts I liked and then later went through and experimented with them. I ended up staying away for the most part from grunge-like fonts because my lyrics had more of a decorative and fun vibe. 

Production

During this project, I definitely improved my illustrator skills. I got way more comfortable with changing the tint and shade of the color. I learned how to warp a shape, which I did so on my Chicago skyline. I learned how to take the creative image in my head and pump out a result, nearly identical, if not, better. I had to experiment with arranging my type. In the beginning, everything was more simple. But as I grew more comfortable, my designs became more complex and unique. On my last one, the Chicago one, I had a curved line of text, and then a line of text seemingly blowing in the wind for the lyrics "to blow this over". I for sure preferred my graphics in black and white. Having to add color was definitely a positive thing though because I had to get out of my comfort zone. But, my black and white graphics seemed more crisp and professional. 

Post-production

I am actually really happy with how my designs ended up. I put a lot of thought and work into these, and while I still like my B&W ones better, I am still proud. I truthfully can't thing of anything big I would change, except next time maybe thinking of graphics I could use with the text so the end result isn't just text. I learned a lot about my personal style and this was a really fun project!