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ShadowTypography

Forming Art Through The BodyOlivia Albers

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You Will See...

The making of shadows

Inking the name

Thefinalproduct

Inspiration

Anatomychart

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Making.

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After a long time of litterally cutting, pasting, and inking my letters, I came up with three different renditions of my name. To make each version unique I tried changing the stroke of the letters, turning some letters into capitolized forms, and shaving away parts to make my name look balanced.

Only after I had so carefully traced and cut out my name did I find out that a valuable resource had been at my disposal the entire time. The lighted table. In hindsight, assessing all of my resources before inking would have been the smartest idea.

Inking.

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Here I have carefully spaced out my letters to get the correct kearning and created a baseline so all of my letters sit on the same plane. With the letters “I”, “V”, and “A” the cap heights were set the same.

AftercreatingmymastersketchwasfinishedIcopieditonanewpieceofpapersomyfinishednamewouldn’thaveanypencilmarks.Here,themastersketchandfinishedoutlinearesittingonthelightedtableIusedtotracemyletters.

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Final.

Forthefinalrenditionofmyname,Ichosetheversionthatseemedtohavethemostmovementandflow.OthersketchesIdidhadan“A”thatresembledadisfiguredpeepandlookedveryharshattheendofmyname.Ilikedthechunkylookofthisversionandthinkthelettersallworktogethertocreateaneffectthatisquitedreamy.

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Inspiration.

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baseline

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bowl

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Chart.