Tuesday 19 January 2010

Kaleidotype

I’ve been looking through my portfolio recently and noticed a few things I could be exploring in more detail: the process used to make the images below is one of them. Almost a year or so ago, I wondered whether type could be used in place of those little colourful shapes you get in kaleidoscopes. I did a bit of experimenting and found it to be relatively simple – as far as how the patterns are made. Alternatively, the process can just be used to make cool little typographic images. The images below are just a few attempts at finding out how far it can go, hence their slightly shabby look. So many variables! Colour, typeface, type-size, type colours…. Plenty to try with it but I think, with these, the more subtle/simple the design, the better.











5 comments:

  1. Really like the third one and the last one looks awesome

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  2. Cheers, yeah I think I’ll see if I can improve the last one – didn’t spend long on that one. It’s all similar to the post you last made really, with the variables like typesize/colour.

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  3. These are really awesome. Love the third and I really like the concept of the last one - Writing out the names of the type faces. Very neat.

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  4. The sixth one strikes me as a designer handbag somehow... you know what I'm talking about?

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  5. Definitely. I think Gucci or someone like that tend to make bags with similar patterns.

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