Mixed Media List

1. - Watercolor paint
2. - Acrylic Paint
3. - Ink
4. - Ink Pen
5. - Styrofoam blocks
6. - Paint brushes
7. - Toothbrush
8. - Straws

Project 2 Storyboard

The countdown summarizes the development of typography throughout history, from serif typefaces beginning with 2, to sans serif ending at 10. The typefaces that I will use are Jenson, Garamond, Caslon, Baskerville, Bodoni, Didot, Franklin Gothic, Futura, and Gill Sans. To portray the development in my video, I will use visual arts media watercolor paints, ink, and block printing.

The countdown begins with water color paint splashes on the page that continue to increase in quantity and frequency, as the paint splatters combine to form the number 10. I will use stenciling to outline the numbers. Paint drips down the page to fill in the number 9, and continues to drip down to disappear off the page. Block printing will be done using Styrofoam to keep the visual arts, sketchy feel. The number 8 is revealed from bottom to top at different stages showing the motion of block printing.

The number is stenciled, and the paint fills the 8. The transition out of the 8 into the 7 involves the invert of the paint in the block printing to fill the background and diffuse out. Watercolor paint diffuses into the page from all directions to completely surround the number 7 and fill the background outlining it and drips down the page to disappear. Watercolor paint using a toothbrush to introduce a different texture and development of the number 6 from top to bottom to fill it in with paint. The process is reversed in a transition out of the number 6.

Block printing is used once again, from bottom to top revealing the paint filled background, and slowly showing the negative space for number 5. The transition out of the frame uses the paint in block printing starting from the number and moving out in all directions off the page. The number 4 is introduced as it is sketched from the top to the bottom with ink pen showing the different strokes, giving an illustration effect. The transition out of the number 4 is a reversal of the illustration as the strokes sequentially fade out.

The number 3 is stenciled and gets filled in with block print, and drips down the page to eventually disappear. Faint watercolor paint will diffuse into the page from every direction to fill the number 2, and the transition out will consist of the paint that fills the number diffusing up the page and progressively disappearing from the number itself. The last frame will include all the paint dripping down the page from the top, different colors at some point filling the page to introduce the end credits.

Process / Experimentation

Inspiration

As I progress into this project, I continuously get inspired by different things, and the video posted above is one of them. I love the personal touch it brings, and the process of illustrating the monsters being shown. It is unique, and no two drawings are the same. My idea shown through my storyboards are attempting to show a more raw and personal feel of visual art showing the evolution and progression of typography through the typeface of the numbers, by using more loose material through the flow of paint, ink and printing. I feel like showing the process of painting out or drawing the numbers in the countdown using different material would bring an interesting feel and point of view, which I am looking into experimenting with.

Found Images

These are some water color, ink and block printing images I found while researching and looking for inspiration to get going on my countdown. They represent a combination of a raw experimental art feel that I am going for.