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How To Create Name Art by Clara Che Wei Peh
Content 1. Introduction 2. Instructions 3. Examples 4. References
Introduction Art is “the expression or application of human creative skill and
imagination.” (Google, n.d.) It is using your talents to create something that is uniquely yours. Name art is not a formal type of art, it is simply using your creativity and thoughts and expressing them by writing your name, decorating it, and creating it into a beautiful art piece. It doesn’t have to be painted, drawn using pencil, marker, you can choose the medium, the style, the way you want to portray your name. It is a chance for you to make your name unique, to make it something that can really remind people of you. Most importantly, it isn’t hard to draw. Pick up a pen, follow the instructions below, and you’ll soon be able to be a master at name art.
Step 1: Write your name out in a desired font. This 4 examples are neater and easier to copy on paper. However, you can
choose any font you desire, create your own font, or simple use your everyday handwriting to write out your name. Make sure to create block letters to have
white space in each of them, so you can draw designs in between.
Step 2: Decide on the ‘style’ of your art You can fill your name art with whichever kind of design you would like, but it would be best to stick to one style so that your art would appear to be more
organized or have a more personalized effect, instead of just a bunch of random designs. You can choose to create your art anyway you like.
Step 3: Brainstorm possible designs Before you start, decide on what you might choose to fill your name with. It can be spiral designs, floral, curves, or different patterns, or even all of them put together. Here are different designs that can be used and how you could
choose to put them into your name.
You can look at other designs to give yourself inspiration. You can try them out on paper, whether you want to combine curves with shapes or draw coral designs in between. Before you start your actual creation, you should make sure what you are going to draw fits or can go together, so your designs
wouldn’t look absurd or abrupt.
Step 4: Fill in the designs After deciding on what you want to do, start drawing it in! Start with the first letter and after you finish it, then you move on. Don’t draw a little in each
letter, change, then come back. This might cause inconsistency in your designs because this is a very creative and sometimes a little random process, you
might come up with an idea or a certain style you want to follow, and when you stop and continue the next time, you might not be able to follow the same style. Try to finish each letter at a time, and feel free to fill them with any design that
you think is suitable for what you want.
Step 5: Improvising When you have finished your design, look back at it and modify or improve it to make it even better. Make sure you have some space in between the letters so that it’s not all filled with designs. This way, the things you have drawn can
stand out more, when there is a contrast.
You can also try to create contrast between your designs, for example, some patterns may be bigger and some may be smaller, depending on what you are drawing. Some may have more detailed designs and some may have a more general design. Before you start the next step, make sure you have checked
your design and you have created something that you think expresses yourself well or is an art piece that you like.
Explanation: Image 1: In some areas of the drawing, the patterns are drawn closely
together and have great detail. For the first letter (starting from the right), the entire letter is filled. However in the second letter, only the right half is filled and it gets sparser and sparser until the left is space.
Image 2: In between the two letters filled with designs, the middle is left empty to emphasize the details on the sides.
Image 3: The patterns becomes sparser and sparser, from the color-‐filled blocks to the thin lines and then the empty blocks.
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Examples There can be a lot different types of name art and you can choose to portray it however you like. Here are some examples of different drawings of name arts, and the completed versions of the ones that have been included on top as
different examples of each step.
Each name art is unique. Some may think that the patterns may be similar or if you follow the same style they might look almost identical, but actually the
details are almost very different. The designs you have chosen to draw may be inspired by graffiti, paint strokes, flowers, basically anything you like. You can even choose to create your name with totally different styles for each letter, and create something that looks like a clash of different culture or personality.
Don’t always fill the colors completely, leave some space between them, choose a focus, have a basic pattern you might want to follow.
Feel free create any kind of name art. Don’t worry if it doesn’t look “pretty” or “cool”, the whole point of this activity is using your talents and creativity and expressing them in a simple task such as name writing, something where
people don’t usually expect creativity to be used.
There are other forms of name art. They don’t always have to be in this form, this is only one way of representing your name. You can use objects and arrange them into letters that would form
your name (fig. 1).
You can take photos of different objects, buildings or basically anything, that looks like the letters of your name and arrange them together. You can use graffiti, painting, basically any type of art, to create your name and make it something that you think really represents you,
Conclusion Name art is an art that allows you to express yourself or make even the
simple task of name writing interesting. It is using all your creativity and inspiration to create something that is uniquely your own. It is making your name something that really does represent you, instead of just something people call you by.
I hope you have been able to learn from this how to guide, and that this
topic of name art will be able to help you discover different forms of art around you, and inspire you to use your creativity in all aspects of your life.
References: 1. Google, (n.d.). Definition of Art,
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2. Galindo, N., ( n.d.). Custom Personalized DOODLE Name Art, Retrieved from http://www.etsy.com/listing/107548716/5-‐letter-‐custom-‐personalized-‐doodle-‐name
3. Kelly, R., (2012). Monthly Archives: December 2012, Retrieved from http://www.nameartistry.net/2012/12/
4. Kreavi, (n.d.). My Name Art, Retrieved from http://kreavi.com/16135/my-‐NAME-‐ART-‐3
5. Perspectives, (2013). Choose your letters, Retrieved from http://www.letterperspectives.com/pages.php?pageid=11&word=clara&productid=17515