While this was one of the hardest projects of the class, as it turns out it would be nothing compared to what we would have to do next. The goal of this assignment was to create three portraits of ourselves using nothing but typography; one that consisted of lines (paths of text), value (where the density of the text represented light and dark values), and shape (using type to fit the shape of facial features).
For the first portrait, I used line to trace an image of myself and my mother on a family vacation in the Philippines from several years ago. The text all consists of song lyrics, most of them coming from my favorite band Radiohead.
The second portrait gave me the most problems thanks to Illustrator's inconsistent area type tool. Because I felt a bit strange uploading my face to the class blog, my professor suggested the idea of creating a unique self-portrait, after which I made this in Photoshop. This type portrait is actually somewhat personal to me; I have Asperger syndrome, and while for some people like Bill Gates it has been an asset, for me it has been socially crippling, often to the point where it felt like I didn't have a voice. That's where the idea for the portrait and the text in the center of the image came from.
For the third portrait I simply reused the image above to create the shape portrait. This one I found to be the easiest and most fun, since all I had to do was type out all the characters I could use for shapes as individual objects, and simply copy/paste a character and warp it to fit an area.
For the first portrait, I used line to trace an image of myself and my mother on a family vacation in the Philippines from several years ago. The text all consists of song lyrics, most of them coming from my favorite band Radiohead.
The second portrait gave me the most problems thanks to Illustrator's inconsistent area type tool. Because I felt a bit strange uploading my face to the class blog, my professor suggested the idea of creating a unique self-portrait, after which I made this in Photoshop. This type portrait is actually somewhat personal to me; I have Asperger syndrome, and while for some people like Bill Gates it has been an asset, for me it has been socially crippling, often to the point where it felt like I didn't have a voice. That's where the idea for the portrait and the text in the center of the image came from.
For the third portrait I simply reused the image above to create the shape portrait. This one I found to be the easiest and most fun, since all I had to do was type out all the characters I could use for shapes as individual objects, and simply copy/paste a character and warp it to fit an area.
Hey Jerome!
ReplyDeleteYou are tough to track down. Been trying to find you for ages. This might even be a dead end since this blog is old, but it is worth a shot. Immediately recognized you from the little bit the photo shows but was excited to have positive confirmation that this Jerome Ornum is the Jerome Ornum I have been trying to track down. This is Darryl by the way. Tania and I have been trying to get back in contact with you for quite some time now, but like I mentioned above, you are hard to find and this has been the only real lead so far. We are easier to find, so if by chance you stumble upon this post, feel free to find us on facebook.