Research
The first activity we did to practice drawing letters in an isometric grid was drawing letters based off of a theme that was chosen by a wheel. These were hand-drawn before we were introduced to the isometric tools on Illustrator.
Exercises
Exercise 1: Isometric Name Illustration
Selecting a font
When looking through fonts on Adobe Fonts, I chose ones that were rounded and reminded me of handwriting in order to reflect the creative and artistic nature of my personality. I am also a fairly optimistic and happy person so I wanted the font I chose to reflect those characteristics and not have sharp or jagged edges.
Initials
For my first attempt at using Illustrator to create my initials on an isometric grid, I chose a block letter font which was fairly easy and allowed me to practice using the different tools.
For the final version of this exercise, I ended up choosing the font “Dolce” because I love calligraphy and there are no harsh lines, both of which this font helps convey.
Full Name
I also wanted to practice navigating the tools on the desktop version of Illustrator so I decided to do another version of the exercise using my full name.
Iterations
Isometric Grid Practice
Production
Mashup Grid
| NOUN | ADJECTIVE | MASHUP |
| whisper | quiet | whiset |
| bird | feathery | bithery |
| coffee | delicious | cofficious |
| Christmas | magical | Christical |
| winter | freezing | winzing |
| leaves | withered | leavered |
| fire | blazing | firazing |
| rose | fragrant | rogrant |
| sweatshirt | oversized | sweaterized |
| giraffe | towering | gowering |
| cake | sugary | cakary |
| lion | aggressive | liressive |
| coffee | bitter | coffitter |
| nose | runny | nunny |
| scream | loud | scroud |
| NOUN | VERB | MASHUP |
| kangaroo | jump | kangump |
| vacation | explore | vacaplore |
| dinner | cook | dinnok |
| car | drive | carive |
| smoothie | drink | smoothink |
| music | listen | musten |
| clothes | wear | clotear |
| plant | grow | plarow |
| penguin | slide | penglide |
| fish | swim | fisim |
| plane | fly | planly |
| student | learn | studearn |
| house | live | houve |
| store | shop | stoop |
| bed | nap | beap |
Miro Speed Laps
These “laps”/activities came from my Miro Board which helped me brainstorm multiple ideas and possibilities for my final poster.
Lap 1: Top Mashup Selections
- Cofficious = Coffee + Delicious
- Christical = Christmas + Magical
- Kangump = Kangaroo + Jump
Lap 2: Words in Isometric
Lap 3: List of Possible Visuals to Describe the Word’s Definition
Cofficious:
- make one of the letters a cup of coffee
- make the letters drip down at the bottom
- have steam coming off of the top of the letters
Christical:
- put stars and snowflakes in the letters
- make sure the font is magical, curvy, whimsical
- put a Santa hat on the letters
- green accents
Kangump:
- furry letters
- make some of letters look like they’re jumping** — the g maybe – font that jumps out or feels bouncy and dynamic
- kangaroo ears on a couple letters
- a pouch
Lap 4 & 5: Practicing Visuals/Prototype
Mood Board
Final Iterations
The first step I took in creating my final poster composition was choosing a color palette and selecting a font that represents the word’s definition.
Dictionary Definition
Christical [Chris-ti-cal]
adjective
1: of, relating to, or characterized by magic during the holiday season.
2: something extremely enjoyable, whimsical, and exciting during the holiday season.
Final Deliverables
For my final poster composition, I chose to use red and green as my main colors because they are the colors associated with Christmas. I also used the gradient tool on the sides of the letters to create the effect of a light source coming from the top right corner. I then drew string lights wrapping around the letters and snow on the tops because those are two things I immediately picture when thinking about what makes the holiday season magical and enjoyable.
