Sketchbook work and inspo
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Woodpecker
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I began the project by identifying the key aspects of the phrase 'pneumatic pecker'. I began by messing with the joke idea of an inflatable tube man as this worked with the pneumatic element. Additionally, I noted down what a pneumatic circuit looked like, just in case I could use it in the future.
I took the word pecker and went the bird route. this lea me into looking into woodpeckers and how I could incorporate them into my work. 
The feathers of a woodpecker
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I decided to turn the idea of the pneumatic machinery into steampunk. This lead me to develop the idea of a mechanical woodpecker helping the logo fulfil the idea of a 'pneumatic pecker'.
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I would like the colours to fit in with the steampunk aesthetic. this means using coppers and golds. I would also like to bringing the black, whites and reds of the bird to make it look more recognisable.
One problem that I was facing was the genre that the band was going to be . originally, I went with heavy metal to work with the machinery aspect this then lead me to the steampunk aesthetic. after developing my ideas more i found that Heavy metal was too harsh.
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Typography
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With the steampunk theme being established, I wanted to make sure that any typographic elements would follow the theme.
I started off by looking on Pinterest for steampunk type. when doing this, I found that I enjoyed the more swirly type with the extra lines and images around to heighten the steampunk aspects. This lead me to look in a calligraphy book for gothic fonts that could be used. I also looked on Dafont and managed to find a couple of fonts that I would like to replicate. |
Gold chisel tipped marker and Black chisel tip alcohol marker
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I started out by using my dip pens with a flat nib to try and replicate the calligraphy styles that i had previously looked at. This was challenging as this was my first real look into calligraphy, because of this I began to experiment more in how I can use different mediums to replicate the stye of a dip pen.
I found that any pen with a chiseled nip can be used to replicate this specific style, this gave me a larger range of materials to work with. |
Top - Brown alcohol marker _
Bottom- Flat pain brush and ink
Water based felt tip - wax crayons - black and brown ink
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Here I wanted to replicate some of the steampunk typography I had seen. I decided to start of simply with just a darker outline on the type, I also added in some extra lines to bring in more of a gothic style.
I also began to add in some wax crayons to see how the wax resist technique would work within the style. i find that against the black ink, the lighter colours are much easier to see. 
Flat brush and brown ink
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wax resist and ink
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I began to look into ways that I could simplify my ideas in a way that would still work alongside the band name. I also looked into some digital type, I took some of the ideas that I had previously developed and took them into Illustrator.
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