The top image is the final image from this project, and the three images below in the gallery show various thumbnails and practice sketches I did while trying to figure out the final design. Originally, the design was with rounded lower case letters, but this was eventually changed because it made the letters too hard to figure out while reading the design with the "chaos" in it. The thumbnails are all very messy, some with multiple styles of inking in one to get a feel for what I should do. I feel like this helped me during the process, even though it was frustrating trying to figure it out. Eventually, I settled on capital letters, with a focal point of the planet in the far right, stippling in the background with all the 'space things' and letters inked in, and a white outline around the letters themselves. The planet itself also changed during the process, originally being more like jupiter but I felt like that was too similar to the space squiggles (and harder to draw), so it ended up looking more like Jupiter. I felt like the stippling provides a little bit more of the chaos for the design, and also provides the white outline for the inked in letters. It also provides some interest for the planet, with the stippling changing the tone over half of it. Overall, I feel that I was successful with this design, but there are some things that I would change or 'do better' if I did it again. Some of this just includes minor inking mistakes, like filling in the wrong space stuff, but I also wish that I had done a more even outline around the letters. I feel like this was a challenging project in general because of how hard it was to find balance between the order and chaos, in that over my thumbnails I kept slipping between the two without a balance. I think that I achieved it in the end, but it took a while and many sketches.
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February 2016
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