Expressive Typography

From the four words, I chose to decide between PSYCHOTIC and DAWN. I chose these two because I thought these two designs best emulated the words' meanings. As I wrote the student statements for each design, my thought process became more coherent to me as well. 

Though I would have decided on moving on with PSYCHOTIC, from peer feedback, I chose to continue working on DAWN for my final piece.

Design:

• I wanted to portray the meaning of the word dawn and its relation with the rising of the sun. In this piece, the sun has not completely risen. 

• The letters of the words are stretched out to mimic the rays of the sun. 

• I used a soft gradient to emphasize the glowing effect of the sun. 

• I used the shape tool to outline a circle shape inside the word which is meant to mimic the sun, and I made created white circle to level out the rim of the word.