Animals Illustrated Using Only the Letters In Their Names
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The three animals that I decided to design were based on the first animal I chose. The animal I chose to start with the letter "U" is a Urial. I later learned that Urials are a member of the animal family Bovidae. Also, members of the animal family Bovidae are goats and bison, which are the two other animals I chose to illustrate. The series could either be considered animals of the Bovidae family or horned animals. For the goat, I used the typeface Futura PT because I saw a beard in the letter "A," horns in the letter "T," and a rounded body using the other letters. I went with the typeface Haboro Contrast for the bison because it has a more prominent feel, and the letter "S" looks like a horn. I used the typeface Omnium for the Urial because urials are very skinny, like the typeface strokes. Also, the letter "r" in Omnium resembles the Horns of a Urial.
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For the title, I used the typefaces that make up the illustration itself. For the goat's title and descriptive text, I used the typeface Futura PT. For the bison's title and descriptive text, I used Haboro Contrast. For the urial's title and descriptive text, I used Omnium. I set the descriptive text for all three illustrations at a 20 point font and the titles at a 42 point font size for both the goat and urial. However, the bison has a bolder font that needs more space, and its title is a 32 point font. I placed the headers at the top of the page and in the center of the width. I put the series title beneath each illustration title at a font size of 25 points for the urial, 28 points for the bison, and 26.5 points for the goat. I put the descriptive text just below the series title and centered as well. The descriptive text sits above the animal's illustration and drags the viewer's eye down the page. For the descriptive text, I used a 20 point font on all three images. However, the leading for the urial's text is set at 28 points, the bison is 33 points, and the goat is 32 points. Each animal illustration sits one inch off the page and is proportioned based on each species' realistic size and characteristics.
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In my design, I used color sparingly. I set the background to a light gray color that contrasts nicely against each animal illustration's black silhouettes. I also set the text color to be black to maintain consistency throughout the series. The illustrations' darkness against a light background allows the viewer to see each detail of the image.