Type Treatment

These are preliminary layouts for my final project for VC236. The task was to produce six spreads about typography. I came up with the concept on how type treatment is being used in terms of communication.

And so I illustrated different variations of traditional inventions that are used in terms of communication through type. The rustic look to it was defined and rendered from the history of Typography. Most of the illustrations back in the day were hand drawn and so I decided that having that engraving feel will make it more authentic.

As to how the illustrations were processed, it’s plain and simple. Your layer effects are extremely important and will come in handy. It will make your life easier when done right. First I drew a train using a micron pen and scanned it. When you scan your pieces, it will always turn out dirty and that is not an option when you’ll be using it on your spread.

When you want this type of look to your pieces, these are quick and easy steps to follow using Adobe Photoshop:

*Scan a pen illustration.
*Use the “level” palette to clean your background.
*And now the fun part with the layer effect:
-Duplicate your image so that you will have three pieces in total (of the same kind). The first top most layer, use the effect “luminosity”, the second layer use “color burn” and lastly use “vivid light”.
-Make another layer with an orange fill for the background and move it all the way down with your layers.
- Congratulations! You’re done and good to go.

I know I mentioned that I will not be updating until August but I have a spare time this evening and my pc is running smoothly. It's not on its best condition but it is working as effecient as possible.