Jayden Anderson

I had originally wanted to create a cut out of my letter from a book,       but I soon realized how difficult it was to find materials that looked like pages that were a foot by a foot in dimension. I already I went to Plan B and got started immediately. I was talking with my dad about it and he actually suggested that I use my favorite author and pages from one of her books that I own, but I couldn't do that. I would be interested in making this project again and maybe even creating a story or finding inspirational words with the words that are visible on the rolls of paper. This was the inspiration for my Plan B. I started out in the beginning—before switching gears to this idea—by creating a template for my letter. I then traced that letter onto cardstock for further use and cut it out. All went well—thankfully—and I continued on by tracing the letter onto cardboard and then cut that out (coincidentally, we had pizza the previous night and I...

I've been contemplating if I should have my letter be a "J" like my name ,  or something else. I think I'm leaning more toward the letter "Y" because it's my favorite part to write of my name—Jayden. Regarding the typeface, I've been browsing different ones and I wanted something that resembled how I write my "Y"—like a cursive "Y," but I've come to realize that it doesn't necessarily fit with the theme of my design. In retrospect, I'll be using a more classic typeface.  I want to do something that either involves books, pages from books, or sheet music, and I think something more along the lines of American Typewriter or Courier New would work better if I specifically go for the book design.  Courier American Typewriter I've considered taking a book and cutting it into the shape of a "Y" and plastering book pages on the outside of it, but cutting a book into a letter isn't as creativ...