Joshua Scott is a typographer who I briefly stumbled across during my last project, while I was researching Vladimir Koncar, he uses the same style and technique but often on a larger scale using small objects. The piece above called Toy Alphabet is really interesting, I like the way that the small objects creates a really cool texture on the letters. Also the way that he outlines the first three letters, is because that is the way that you learn the alphabet as a child, and the use of very bold, the vibrant colours of the toys are really fascinating and beautiful, and the overlapping of the toys has led to high contrast. It would be really interesting to use different assorted objects to create an alphabet of my own, since my last alphabet was good but could've used some improvement, but was also really enjoyable to create.
A good start David. I like Joshua's work. Take a look at Behance.net and search typography. There's some good examples of other object typography and many other techniques. Try and compare examples from there with Joshua Scott's work. Write about similar or different techniques and the effects they create.
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