Hello Everybody! Today I'm going to tell you all about
Typography portraits. I'm feeling a little distracted today, so I won't go on and on with the humorous beginning paragraph like I usually do. I'll just jump right in and tell you all about them. They happen to be incredibly interesting, so listen up. A typography portrait is basically a portrait of someone that looks like it's made from text. Now, you can make these really personalized by using text that represents the person you are doing, or you can just find some text that makes no sense and copy and paste it in. This all depends on how well you know the person, so if it's a really good friend of yours, write down things they love, or things that represent them, and it will really have a message, an impact.
My biggest challenge so far throughout this project was figuring out how to actually make them. I realize this sounds confusing, just wait, I'll explain. The thing is, these portraits can be really technical. There's a lot of complicated procedures in Photoshop, and so it can get a little overwhelming. That being said, now that I understand the process, I'm excited to do it again, because this is a really beautiful project, and it can be so meaningful if you let it. We've done three, one of a great innovator, one of a teacher at our school, and one of ourselves. For the
self portrait, we answered
these questions, and so it was a really personal message we shared, and I just loved it.
For the first image I made, I really was just trying to figure out the steps, and get the basics locked down. I got a portrait of
Marie Curie online, then went to Wikipedia and got information on her. I copied and pasted the information to a textbox in Photoshop over her portrait. My
second portrait was of my math teacher Mr. McHugh, and it turned out pretty cool. We got a lot more in depth this time, which I enjoyed because it was a challenge, and I love pushing the boundaries of what I can do. For my me portrait, I really felt like it was a representation of me, and I really liked it. I am a little bit shadowless unfortunately, so it's a little hard to see my features, but I still enjoyed the experience. Thank you for reading, comment below if you enjoyed, and if you didn't well, keep it to yourselves, no one likes a hater! Bye!
