“Destroy” is about a 3D sculptural onomatopoeia lettering.
What is an onomatopoeia?
It is a linguistic imitation or visual representation of a sound. The word suggest visually what it means. They can usually be found in comics. Example: The word “Explosion” could be graphically represented by an exploding text.
Used material and handling
I used a 3cm thick polystyrene surface. This material was chosen for this work because it can be handled very easy. In addition, it can be destroyed in a very interesting way.
La manipulación del material se ha realizado mediante cúter y cuchillo, lo que permitía crear unos bordes bruscos y destruidos. También se utilizó una máquina de hilo caliente para cortar la base y separar las piezas. Esta máquina no se utilizó para hacer los recortes de las formas debido a que el corte que producía era demasiado limpio y lo que interesaba era justo lo contrario.
3D lettering work process
- 3D model mockup creation in Cinema 4D: “Helvetica LTD Std Black” was the used type for this lettering because of his roughness and thickness. These features were required in order to create the destruction effect.
- Template creation and printing
- Template cutting
- Drawing transfer to material
- Base cutting
- Sculpture visual composition
- Base destruction
- Letter handling and pasting
- Painting phase: My first idea was to use 2 colours, but due to the erosion effect that the paint spray applies to the polystyrene I changed my mind and decided to use only black colour.
- Drying and photograph
