I transfered my hand drawn text into a typography art by using Illustrator :)
Design Rationale:
I seek inspiration from the Illuminated Manuscript and adapted its structure into the Pinterest feed drawing. My hand drawn design ‘Love Endures’ imitated the original design with a hint of Illuminated Manuscript style. This style was created during the medieval period. The text is complemented by the addition of decoration, such as ornaments. Manuscript is any document scribed by hand and illuminated manuscript often only refers to documents decorated with silver or gold (New World Encyclopaedia, 2007). The phrase ‘Love Endures’ were found on Pinterest on the 18th of March 2015. The text was chosen based on a biblical interpretation. The phrase ‘His love endures forever’ was reiterated several times in the book of Chronicles and Psalm in the Scripture. (Bible gateway, 2015)
Sources:
Bible Gateway (2015). Search Love Endures. Retrieved from April 12th 2015 from, https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=love+endures&qs_version=NIV
Bible Gateway (2015). Search Love Endures. Retrieved from April 12th 2015 from, https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=love+endures&qs_version=NIV
New World Encyclopaedia (2007). Illuminated Manuscripts. Retrieved April 12 2015 from, http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Illuminated_manuscript
Design Rationale
The last hand drawn text was inspired from the casual Scripts style. The common scripts typefaces appeared relatively elegant and formal while casual scripts appearance tend to be free flowing with various strokes width. One of the important rule while using scripts is to only use them when necessary. These letters should avoid being all capitals to maintain its legibility (Jenifer, 2009). The hand drawn text on Twitter presented a casual but elegant style. It expressed an impression of life appreciation and the importance of living in the present. Hence, I felt emotionally connected to this quote and recreated my hand drawn text in a shorter version of the quote.
Sources:
Jenifer, F (2009). The Script Typeface. Site point. Retrieved April 13 2015 from, http://www.sitepoint.com/the-script-typeface/
Jenifer, F (2009). The Script Typeface. Site point. Retrieved April 13 2015 from, http://www.sitepoint.com/the-script-typeface/
