We grew Together.

Coloured pencil drawing on acrylic background.

Illustrations by Conrad Roset

The waters (by brookeshaden)

I visited the letterpress workshop to remind myself how it works. Letterpress printing is a relief based form of movable type printing.

We did a few prints and was told that we could print on different materials/textures like leaves and on old cloths. 

Unexpected Catch

Photopgraphy by memysketchbookandeye

Layout workshop
We were given a task to create a two page magazine by cutting out headlines, images and text from magazines/newspapers to produce a our own layout. We were to use masking tape as guidelines.

We also defined different parts of the magazine:

• Image
• Page Number
• Heading
• Copy - Text.
• Standfirst - The summery of the article.
• Byline - The name of the author.
• Picture Captions - Text that describes the image.
• Drop Cap - The first letter of the article, which is usually bold. 
• Running Head - Title that is repeated at the top of the page.

Once again, we were asked to visit Elephant & Castle and take photos of the typography in it. I’ve realised that there are many sans serif fonts and were mainly found on signs and on billboards. 

- Ed Fella

Typography

For homework we had to draw up three types of fonts and each one with different serif then label their body parts. I have chosen Helvetica (sans), Sanchez (slab) and Kingthings (bracketed).

Click here for more information about typographic anatomy.

Typography Class - Serifs
A serif is a light projection finishing off with a stroke.

Unbracketed: Attached directly to the letterform (right angle)
Hairline: Much thinner than the main strokes
Wedge: Triangular in shape
Bracketed: Curved between the serif and main strokes
Slab or square: Heavier in weight and thinner than the main strokes
Sans: Without a serif 

Elephant & Castle

In the afternoon we were asked to visit the Elephant & Castle market/shopping centre and record our experience. 
This “experience” wasn’t knew to me at all as I have lived at Elephant & Castle for over two decades! (Makes me sound so old…). Keeping that in mind, I thought I’d take some photos of what I see/think about the area.
I have taken many photos of graffiti as I think there are a lot of criminal acts in and around the area.

We also learnt the stencil print technique; cutting out a stencil and then paint between the gaps. My first and only attempt was… a fail. It bled a lot and my stencil fell apart. So I decided to make a new stencil at home and redo them.

Along with the colour workshop, we learnt monoprinting. A monoprint is a imprint of an image made from a printable metal plate or wood block. 
I found an image of a butterfly and with a pencil I traced around it on the printing block. Lifting up the tracing to see my neat outline, I decided to print a few more images. 

To learn how to monoprint, click here.