Typography & Graphic Explorations

Client / context

Academic and Exploratory Work

Timeline

2017-2019

Role

Graphic Designer

Status

Delivered

Black and white geometric letter composition using the word doubt

Letterforms as illustration and composition

At a glance

Academic and exploratory studies in hand-drawn alphabet forms and geometric typographic compositions. Each study explores letterform, hierarchy, rhythm, and layout through a focused visual rule.

Scope: Independently developed illustrated letterforms and geometric graphic compositions across selected studies.
Studies: Illustrated alphabet · Graphic compositions
Status: Selected academic and exploratory craft.
Services: Typography · Editorial Layout · Letterform Illustration · Graphic Composition

01 Typography case study

Illustrated letterforms: draw inside the structure

These hand-drawn alphabet studies treat each character as both a readable form and an image. Botanical, anatomical, and figurative details follow the letter structure, so the illustration adds meaning without losing the outline that lets the character be recognized.

Working across selected letters let me compare line weight, density, and negative space from one form to the next. The set is an exploration of how a repeatable visual rule can leave room for variation.

Hand-drawn variations of the illustrated letters A and B — Illustrated alphabet · Botanical and figurative details build the letterforms.

Hand-drawn variations of the illustrated letters C and D — Illustrated alphabet · Detailed linework follows the structure of each character.

02 Typography case study

Geometric compositions: make letters organize the page

These black-and-white compositions use scale, rotation, repetition, and cropping to turn letters into the structure of a spread. Reducing color leaves the relationship between positive and negative space visible.

The studies move from a drawn character to a typographic field. Across both, I kept returning to hierarchy, balance, and rhythm: which form leads, how the eye travels, and when repetition creates continuity.