Typography Images

Typography is a style of art created from text. You can arrange the text to take a form that reflects the image and words being used to create something eye catching and meaningful. Typography can be reflected in many ways, for example you can create a portrait using typography. The words you decide to use should describe your subject. Typography can be used to make a lasting impact by using words that can say far more than just a plain photo can. It creates a mood and can give more meaning to an image. Typography is a different and interesting way to express something that can make people stop and stare.

During this project there have been a few small problems that I've run into. So far, the biggest challenge I have faced is working with an image where there aren't many shadows but a lot of mid tones and highlights. For my teacher project I had to start over on the last day because the image I was working with had too many mid tones and everything was blending. That left me little time to get my final teacher image done, but I did it. I used an image with better contrast and did the best I could. It could still use some work, though it looks alright for something rushed.

For this project we used three different tutorials. The first tutorial was for an innovator, the second tutorial was for a teacher, and the third tutorial was for a typography of ourselves. For the innovator I chose to do Marie Curie, she was the first woman to win a Nobel prize. I took a paragraph from Wikipedia about her to use for my text. The next typography image was on a teacher from our school. I chose to do Mrs. Ruvalcaba, our 7th grade counselor, and the words I used to create the image were words that described her. For my last typography, the one on myself, I used three words. One for my shadows, one for the dark grays, and one for light grays. The words I used are idealist, creative and pumped, each word describing me. Of all my typography photos the one of myself is my favorite and not because it was a photo of me. The process through creating it was the most fun and interesting, I really liked the way the text turned out, and it's clear that it's a typography of myself.