Rubbish Font

We were tasked to create a rubbish font and no, it doesn't mean that we have to make a crappy font. It is based on our definition of what rubbish is.

As I did a mind mapping exercise for my own definition of rubbish I came up with words such as; dirty, imperfect, incomplete and stains. The word stain made an impact in my mind and I then started thinking of things that have been tainted. From there on, I started thinking of things that left a stain and I had one major player in mind: food.

I created a couple of drafts using different kinds of edi

ble things that leaves stains but due to time constraints and the lack of skill in photoshop that I possess, I decided to do a simple and traditionally made stain using coffee.

I'm pretty pleased with the outcome, given the fact that I have never experimented painting with coffee before. It actually looked pretty nice, and the smell just made me want to eat it as well, but that's another story.

But a simple photograph of something that I have done is not eno

ugh. This is a visual design and digital media subject after all. So I started to look at the possibilities of how I could bring character to my coffee creation.

I needed another concept and so I played around with the photograph. Thought after thought built up one after the other as I try and make something out of it. Alas, a new concept was born!

I came up with this design, transforming the coffee stain into a bloodstain. It gave me such an eerie and creepy feeling as the whole thing was coming together.

With this new design, another stain is created, a stain that is harder to remove from any other; blood.

Aaaaaaaaaand that wraps it up for now! I had fun doing this activity. Can't wait for the next one! Toodles! ~*^_^*~