The almost-daily experiment

Hey yall.

I'm in this class called Creative Practices this semester, where I have to do an hour and a half of creating 5 days a week. I thought this would be a fun challenge to blog about! Today I did my first hour and a half, and I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised with what I can do.

I had to pitch a proposal for a semester-long project to work on, and I'm REALLY stomach-hurts-can't-wait excited about my proposal. I plan to explore the beauty of words through the way they are written and the physical way they are designed. I'm exploring hand-lettering, typography and decorative design through drawing and painting, and using digital media as little as possible. Another part of my exploration is written words. I'm doing research on old-eurpoean illuminated manuscripts for inspiration, and to find a way to modernize this ancient design. I'm also studying modern typographers and graffiti artists. My written-word inspiration choice is everything by F. Scott Fitzgerald. And I'm STOKED.

So I'm going to try to post what I work on every day on here. The photo above is my first "experiment." You can also follow me on Instagram to see daily updates:)

Thanks for being with me on this, hope you enjoy!! We'll see how it goes.

emma