Jump was an assignment for Advanced Typography, with the goal being to distort and change text to create a pattern using coding. The designs were created using the Processing language. The designs made were ultimately put into a book which we designed and printed. Jump was inspired by the titles on the covers of comic books, and the colors were randomized based on two of my favorite colors, blue and green. The designs themselves depict the whole alphabet as well as some words relating to comic book titles.
Each image was generated with the Processing language, including the background colors. To achieve the look of a 3D effect, I had to do a lot of googling and asking AI. I eventually found a system that worked and was repeatable. Essentially, the code takes your text input, randomizes its color, then picks a new color, and repeats the image below itself several hundred times, offset to the bottom left. I also made it so that each iteration is slightly darker to give it a shadowy effect. When repeated this way, it gives the illusion of being a solid. At the same time this all happens, the background color is also randomly chosen.
When picking the colors, I gave it parameters so that the colors would mostly be blues and greens. I did this by setting the RGB color ranges between (200,225,225) and (225,255,255) for the background, between (75,100,100) and (125,150,150) for the 3D side of the text, and between (100,190,190) and (150,255,240) for the top letter.
Comic book titles such as the ones pictured inspired the style of my design.
