Today I have been messing around with the type for the front of Postcard 1.

I originally had the idea of “Graphically Pink” dripping down the arm but started experimenting with other ideas…

I figured that the pinkness of the overall image is actually quite obvious, I feel that when you look at the image you automatically see a love of pink and lipstick, the need for “Graphically Pink” in writing possibly isn’t needed. The colours are vibrant and I am hoping the overall image explains itself! I then went on to thinking about linking the 3 postcards as a series… I wanted some kind of logo or writing on this postcard; Ideally I wanted something that I could link all 3 with. The only other idea I have is the “Lost Angeleno” design that I did from my learning log sketchbook. I took that drawing and imported it into Illustrator and traced around it to create “Lost Angeleno” I then decided that I wanted to save the “Lost Angeleno” mainly for the LA inspired third postcard… I want to however link all 3 postcards with the same concept so started thinking of new ways to incorporate maybe just the “Angeleno” part on all 3 postcards. This first postcard represents pink so I decided on “Pink Angeleno” the second postcard shall incorporate the name “Angeleno” somehow and the third postcard shall be “Lost Angeleno”. They then all become part of the “Angeleno” series. The woman in my illustration shall be known as “Angeleno” as a whole.

What I am trying to create is a brand for these postcards; when you put them together you know they belong together and a theme runs throughout consistently.

I wanted the writing on the first postcard to look like it was dripping with the melted lipstick. I watched a few Illustrator tutorials and read tips and advice and decided on creating this one. I quite like how it has turned out. It is still hand drawn from my original sketch but it has been further digitally created and altered to tie in with the theme of postcard 1. I feel I am gaining new skills and growing in confidence with creating in digital again.