OUGD404 - Studio Brief 1 Anamorphic Typography

For today we were asked to bring in some cardboard. We got split into 3 groups and got told that we were making some anamorphic letters, focusing on the depth of field. As we were the second group to do it, we looked at the group from this morning to get a better understanding of what we needed to do: 

Our first decision as a group was what letter to make, and what typeface. We chose to do the letter A, because no one had done that yet, and we wanted to add serifs to it because all the other letters from this morning looked quite simple. We drew out a rough guide so that everyone knew what they were doing: 

After that, we got to work!

To fit with the theme of depth, we decided to pain the cardboard with red paint at the back and adding white as each part of the letter moved closer.

Assembling the diagonals of the A were the hardest part, and took a lot of effort from everyone to get it right.

Eventually we came out with a really great outcome! I enjoyed todays session, it was really hands on and involved a lot of teamwork. It also made me think about how to work with space and how to apply this to my letter forms, as we've only been working with them in 2D. We were also told that next week we're working with colours and have to bring in 5 red items - I'm looking forward to doing more hands on, messy work!