Letterforms and imagery are so close yet people interpret them as a separate entity. As visualisers and designers we need to know that letterforms are symbolic. They are an image assigned to bring out meaning quite similar to the photographs or an icon of your favourite app. One of the first assignments as a part of my Word and Image was an enjoyable endeavor to combine the initials of our names and derive an integration. Since my initials were V and A, it became challenging to come up with a combination. I tried using various typefaces. Juggling their directions, locations and pairing them up.
Few examples of the explorations.
After many marriages, brief affairs and divorces of these letterforms I finally settled for this.
Apart from the symbol form, each student had to come up with a design or an illustration created out of those symbols. Various placements of the symbols were tried forming interesting characters. Do let me know if you can spot your favorite animal here.
