Renaissance designers had a fondness for floral decoration so here I have tried to design both an illustration and a drop cap keeping this in mind. For the illustration I would like to note how hard it is to draw a mirror image. Looking at the designs from the renaissance, I have no idea how they would be able to do this so precisely with out a computer! Grids I’m assuming… But then they would have to cut it into wood!
A drop cap is used at the beginning of a paragraph when the text first starts and runs several lines deep. Drop caps were used at the time in manuscripts and books of the renaissance providing decoration. I attempted to create a roman typeface with large serifs.
Both images are inspired by Erhard Ratdolt; I used more naturalistic forms as well as reversed forms to capture his design essence.
Lovely Work Holly.
ReplyDeleteWhen they had to do a mirror image they would create a template from a tracing of the first side and reverse it. Yes, lots of tedious work.
Thanks,
Jackie