Research:

I have considered many options for what I wanted to do.

Horticulturist:

A plant expert who could be a landscape designer too but focus more on the plant aspect.

https://www.sokanu.com/careers/horticulturist/

At first, I thought of using this type of terrarium to create some shapes of the letters.

Image result for teardrop terrarium

Game designer:

There is this game about puzzles called the room and there are these intricate wooden puzzles in the game. that’s why I have decided to use the concept to design my letters but Mimi had told me to use more common and popular examples.

Below are some pictures of

That’s why I decided to base my drawing on monument valley instead, with the bright colours and weird perspectives.

Image result for monument valley gameChildren book illustrator:

Image result for jimmy illustrator taiwan

Jimmy Liao has an art style that I admire, that’s why I decided to include him. but my design is partly based on his whimsical style.

Sculpture:

this idea came later when I saw a video online:

I had wanted to do on 3D modelling before but I thought it would be fun if I could play around with the shadows of a 3d object.

 

Process:

I did most of my things in school as my photoshop keeps crashing on my computer, making me lose all my progress which is why I do not have a record of my peer feedback, nor the teacher’s feedback. :'(

These are my initial designs:

 

 

I emailed mimi and she replied this:

I would concentrate on making sure the letters are visible through the transformation of the images into letterforms.
Also, take note that the kerning/spacing in between the letters does affect legibility. You should first type the letters using
a typeface and adjust the kerning, then layer over it with your design once you feel it reads nicely.
She told me that she can’t read the letters at all because she’s distracted by the hands. There are a lot of different ways
to transform a typeface, and she did see it in my first design.
she gave me this link to the timeface typeface. It is an interesting font which gives the anatomy of the alphabets in a different manner.
Ithaka’s letterform is distorted into this font
I tried adding a layer below to increase the legibility:
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