Bioshock's Rapture in Texture 🌃
Even though typography wasn’t a particular interest of mine, I got hooked on the hand-lettering trend in the early 2010s.
I took my very first online courses, which focused on creating lettering compositions by combining traditional and digital techniques.
This project, which kicked off my journey into lettering, is a tribute to the video game BioShock.
Even though my style and techniques have changed a lot since 2014, I’m still very proud of what I learned and created.
This project was very pencil heavy as I explored different combinations of elements and phrases from the game.
Because I was a little nervous about inking, my final sketch turned out very precise, with almost every detail worked out.
For the inking process I used a portable light table which was fun to work with and which I had never tried before.
I created some of the textures on transfer paper so they would match some of the elements in the artwork and add to the grungy and withered effect.
After I scanned all the textures, vectorized and colored my line art, everything came together. Different blending modes made all the difference.
With texture ✨
Colors only
