ILUMINATED LETTERS

Creating an image for the "Deep End" school publication. Choose a letter and illustrate it, using line, dashes, and solid shapes. Create a variety of patterns, values and marks to make the letter interesting to the audience.

Here are some examples of midieval letter designs....

This image is from one of the most famous of these "illuminated books" called The Book Of Kells. It was created in Scotland around 800 AD by Monks, and contains the four Gospels. The book is world famous for it's lavishly decorated pages...

see more of it here @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Kells
and here @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Kells