These are the text drawings that I created of things I have heard while riding public transportation. Out of all of the things that I have heard while doing this experiment, I chose these quotes because they resonated with me in a certain way.
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| I started by using Adobe Illustrator to plan what I wanted to create in my sketchbook. I played with the orientation and placement of fonts. I also payed attention to the kind of tone the font would give the words. It was also important to take into account what I felt was most important in what the person said. Based on the tone of the person speaking and what I heard, I chose fonts that I though fit the word's "personality." |
After playing around with fonts on Illustrator, I would print the final product and trace it in my sketch book to then be traced over again in a felt pen. The process to make these text drawings was long and tedious. I felt like this process of making embodied the kind of experience I wanted to create for myself for this project. The purpose was to unplug and see things from another perspective. Going from using digital tools to fine art slowed the process of making down a lot, which is how I felt when riding public transportation, slow. But, by memorializing these words by hand, I was able to put thought into how I received those words. I find that the final product was imperfect, because of human mistakes, but also beautiful, which was the aim of the experiment. In other words, the process of making further proved to me it is worth putting down technology.
Below are the images of the text drawings done in my sketchbook.
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