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LetterCult.com is running AlphaBattle 2.0, check it out here: http://www.lettercult.com/archives/1479#more-1479
Details are as follows:
DATES
February 15 – February 28 – submit the Letter A. On March 1, we will publish all of them.
March 1 – March 15 – submit the Letter B. On March 16, we will publish all of them.
And we’ll continue posting the dates as we progress.
GUIDELINES
• Submit a 600 pixel wide file (flattened, jpg, tif, gif) to lettercult at gmail.com. You can also upload to the Alphabattle Flickr 2.0 group. And while you’re at it, you can upload your letters to Nate’s LetterPlayground.
• Include a link to your site, if you’d like us to link.
• One submission per person per letter.
• You can make your letters however you choose, with one exception: Don’t use a font as a starting point…this is a site about letters you build from scratch. (wink)
• Keep it safe for work.
• Try to be original, in some way, shape, or form.
• Have fun.
• You can submit a letter after any deadline. We’ll still add it to the group.
28 Feb 2010 — 5:18pm
Here's my entry for A:
9 Mar 2010 — 3:30pm
B
9 Mar 2010 — 5:58pm
I like your "B"!
9 Mar 2010 — 9:25pm
Thanks!
28 Mar 2010 — 2:59pm
"C"
30 Mar 2010 — 9:00am
What did you use to make that C?
30 Mar 2010 — 10:46am
A pen, scanner and Illustrator
13 Apr 2010 — 2:43pm
"D"
27 Apr 2010 — 4:48pm
"E"
18 May 2010 — 9:54pm
"F"
"G"
19 May 2010 — 1:02am
Dave Bailey: for the curious-minded (and that's pretty much everyone, amirite?_) I'd like some kind of explanation of your process for the letter "C". CS3? 4? 5? Was this a path trace filter? What did we miss? Thanks!
19 May 2010 — 6:52am
Ophello: The actual letterform was drawn with a pen then scanned and imported into Illustrator. I did an auto trace, cleaned up the paths then merely copied and rotated the form, pasting behind each time. 1 degree at a time!
23 Jun 2010 — 12:21pm
Two more:
"H"
"I"
21 Jul 2010 — 5:47pm
"J"
"K"
Better late, than never!
30 Aug 2010 — 12:14pm
"L"
"M"
"N"
10 Sep 2010 — 11:43am
"O"
13 Sep 2010 — 10:07am
Nice work! What was your thinking behind the "O" design? (or why did you select this approach above any others?)
13 Sep 2010 — 1:49pm
Thanks! The O was inspired by a pattern I saw on a manhole cover, where the rain had puddled inside raised shapes. It hinted at black letter forms in my eyes, but retained strict geometry created by a grid of smaller shapes. The O could easily be 1 color, filled, but I liked seeing the different pieces make up the final form in an optical illusion of sorts.
4 Oct 2010 — 6:43pm
"P"
5 Oct 2010 — 2:15am
I like this P! :-)
6 Oct 2010 — 3:01pm
Thanks, riccard0!
Here's Q & R!
7 Nov 2010 — 8:38pm
"S"