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| Si Scott |
Context
This is a typography piece by Si Scot and has inspired
me to do my own version based on his. Scott is a freelance graphics designer who
also works for other companies advertising for Sony, Absolut and Vogue.
Meaning
To
help me with my further understanding of Scott’s work I have used two
interviews on the websites Type for you and Design taxi, I have also looked at Si
Scott’s own website. The artist’s main inspiration comes from music as he is
constantly listening to music as he creates his work. To me it looks like the
thin swirly lines are the beats of the music gradually sinking into the person’s
ears and brain.
Scott
is said to use a font that fits in with the meaning of the piece. The font is
rather simple and bold on this piece, which expands with the swirls of lines
added to it. To me it looks like a rather plain font so could be advertising
for something, as it is rather clear on what the piece is saying.
Aesthetic
To
create these pieces Scott uses pens, pencils and fine liners to draw out the
designs. The way the work is designed makes it look as if he has used
illustrator or Photoshop to create it because of how careful and detailed it
has been made. He also works bigger than he actually wants the final piece to
be so when the piece is scanned and decreased in size the final piece will be a
crisp image, this is probably how he gets the effect to look digital.
No
colour has been used on this piece but I feel that if colour were used then it
would lose the effect of the detail on the person viewing it. The viewer would
be looking more at the colour than the extended swirly lines.
When
I look at the swirly lines in more detail you can see that the line is thinner
but as it comes to a stop it gives a blob, this makes it obvious as to where
the line ends and it also reminds me of ink blotting.
Personal
Response
When
I first saw this piece by Si Scott I really liked it, it reminded me of
something to do with fantasy. The swirls and lines extend out and look like ivy
growing over the page and over taking the words. The work has inspired me to
try my own piece, making a as
it looks like something that is freer flowing and your able to draw where you
feel like it you have no boundaries.
This is my own digital interpretation of Si
Scott created in Photoshop. For my piece I used a well know saying `If only’. I
used this saying as it is short, snappy and makes you think. I feel that my
piece is quite different from Scott’s from just looking at the swirls, I think
the swirls on my piece are much more swirly and it doesn’t remind me of the ivy
like Si Scotts did. Just like the artist I used only the colour
black as I wanted the focus on the design and not the colour.
This is my hand drawn version of Si Scott’s typography. Just
like him I used a marker pen, pencil and fine liner; I have also used the same
technique of working large and then scanning the image in and making it smaller
to give a crisp finished piece. Again the differences between his and mine are
mainly the exaggeration of the swirls. I have continued with the exaggeration
of the thick swirls like on the digital one I made. A similarity between Scott’s
and mine is the fact that I have worked with the positive and negative space in
the `o’ by adding swirls just like his. The font I have used doesn't look to
formal and is rather rounded which would appeal to the younger generation and
would rather suit a place in a fairytale book.
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