Further research into Viking art particularly the ships I’ve found the detailing on the side of boats really intriguing. The image I found is a modern interpretation but is based on carvings found on still standing today Viking structures. For example..

I find the intricate patterns and the space design within design really intriguing the carving has several level of depth giving it a prominent look yet still almost a 3-d feel to it. Shown below is a more updated version of what I had started the previous week, I have thickened the lines and corrected some mistakes I saw also began playing around with the idea of incorporating the carving look to it.

Errors to fix upon review.

• Spacing between letters
• The stem of the B is the wrong size
• No sense of flow between the curves on B
• Way too many harsh joints
• The points on the C are not sharp where as all others are.

After thoroughly getting to grips with adobe illustrator which is essentially the exact tool I wanted to learn to further my design capabilities both within university and outside of.

As can be seen this has been created just with line and curve tool then changing certain aspects of the line themselves with the profile tool. I’m quite happy with the A in particular and I’ve added the smaller lines as details but this is just a mock up and already i’m noticing lots of issues to fix.

• Two detail lines on the D are different size.
• Two detail lines on F are incorrect and off center.
• The rounded curves of the B are too close to the bottom and top lines.
• The E’s main curve is horrendously off centre.

This week we’ve been assigned a brief to make a minimum of six letters entirely in our own typographical style. I’m already quite excited about this project as it seems very open and many ideas have come straight away. Initially thinking of doing something possibly with shark teeth with a wave style behind the arranged teeth.

Arrange some of these into letter forms and then project or just have a wave painting as the background. Also possibly thinking of going in a Science Fiction direction but with a twist, it would be how Viking text would look if the Vikings were roaming in outer space.

Will also be good to see what class mates produce as this’ll be the first time sharing a class room with them. And hopefully learn a new program as my issue last semester for me was not being able to manipulate smaller images to be bigger without losing quality.