process book 2

Booklets.
I use Cormorant Garamond, and the family of bold and italics, for every emotion’s booklet.
The use a singular font for every emotion was intentional in attempts to relate to the
idea of emotional experiences within humans. These emotions, no matter how meek or
destructive, are what make us innately human. Cormorant Garamond creates this singular
voice to relate to each reader and allow them to view these booklets as cohesive aspects of
a single person rather than exclusive concepts.
When I began making the spreads, I was
extremely fixated on making the narrative
legible and giving each piece the attention it
deserved. The top spread on the right shows
one of my first drafts. While aesthetically
pleasing and compelling, it doesn’t make you
feel anything. To grow from these, I looked
back towards David Carson and Katherine
McCoy to see how I could use my photographs
and text together to create a beautiful
experience.
The final spread for that block of text now
looks how it appears on the right. When I
began manipulating text, I weirdly got very
anxious. It pushed me out of my comfort zone
as an artist and a reader. I had to work to
understand what the spread was saying and I
wasn’t even quite sure if it looked good. In the
end, it didn’t matter if anyone else thought it
looked good, it matter if I thought it embodied
rage. Each of these booklets continued
the experimentation I felt during the pieces
except now it was digital.