In the image below you will see a rough concept of mine to recreate the alphabet, but themed as little ‘characters’ (get it?). In some spare time I turned the critical section of my brain off, and just let my marker roam free on a whiteboard, just to see what I would come up with. During that session I went through the first 9 letters on the alphabet, and I feel that the top row of letters have a stronger design than the bottom row. In particular I would say the letters C and E are probably my favorites from that session and those two will likely be changed the least when compared to their inevitable final form. My biggest hurdle right now is to select a more concrete theme with the characters. Right now they are somewhere in between monsters and oddly shaped office workers. Some letters lend themselves more towards monsters while others lean towards the office workers idea. For instance the letters B and F clearly are creatures found in a cubicle, while C and H are more mythical in design. Essentially I chose to go this route because I usually find myself doodling weird creatures whenever my mind wanders and I felt this project would be an interesting outlet for the mental oddities bouncing around my brain.
Alphabet Soup Concept
