Week 5 Day 2 Typography

Today we started off with a lot of experimentation in my sketchbook, exploring different ways of mark makings, seeing what i can do with different media and see what effects it can create. i came up with 8 ways, first by holding more than 1 pen and only using circulation as a movement - this made the colours overlap multiple times creating a slight 3D effect.
2) sliding the pen to create marks, flicking the pen on paper creates a wide stroke then gradually thinner. In my point of view it creates a sense of movement.
3) the use of markers and overlaying colours on top of each other to see the strokes made different from each colour. This stood out due to the wide range of colours and obvious strokes.
4) Use of charcoal made the writing less present, more vintage. I used the physical side as the main media , using the charcoal on its side and tip to create the contrast of wide and narrow.
5) while using the charcoal, some of it was left on my fingers, i then started to use this to create prints and control direction of the strokes using my fingers.
6) oil pastels and smudge
7) using a knife to cut the fonts, playing with negative spaces.
8) Pencil shaving and glue to form the word, the texture of dust and lead.

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Other ways which i thought i could also do to make interesting marks are :
Remotew control car and paint
pva + paint
Air gun to explode the ink or paint on paper
creating strokes with hands
wrapping a football with paper and play.