This project was done in my Typography 1 class during my Sophomore year of college. When starting the project, all the students reached into a bag individually and pulled out a random word on a piece of paper. We had to then create a design that spoke to the meaning of this word. The final product you see here is the result of me getting the word "hole". I knew from the very beginning that I wanted to incorporate the "L" as a shovel and the "O" as a hole somehow. It felt like it was an obvious solution for the illustration portion of the project, and left some opportunity for storytelling as well. In the end I added this omission effect for the "H" and "E" that made it look like someone was shining a light on them. Almost as if someone is catching them in the act of burying something.
