The first project for my typography class is due tomorrow. I just finished it a few hours ago. It took a lot more time to do that I thought it would. I didn’t think that shaping oneself with individual characters of a font would be so tedious. This is the photo that I selected for the project.

The next step is to take the photo and create a line drawing from it. Aside from the hair and eyebrows, I regret shading in the other dark areas. It ended up just being a distraction later on. The line drawing is on tracing paper. The idea was to trace as many shapes and features as possible while still keeping it a simple line drawing. I ended up tracing more detail than I needed, as did most people I think.

This is the final part of the project, the typographical representation of oneself. The assignment dictated the following:

1.) Only black and white.
2.) You may use symbols and numbers.
3.) You had to incorporate words that go with the what you are trying to say about yourself.
4.) You have to give credit to the artist if you use song lyrics.

Since I have a small¹ obsession with Missy Higgins, I chose to use her song “Steer.” It’s about taking control of your life and knowing where you want to go. I can’t think of any better song to describe my life right now.

The hardest part of this project was the hair and eyebrows. My first mock up had lyrics overlapped to the point where they were illegible. The plus side is that it created a darker look to it, but it made my hair look curly. I changed it to the Agency font because it’s straighter. I lost some of the contrast of the overall image by doing this, but damn it if the curly hair look didn’t drive me nuts.

To see a larger version of the final image, click here.

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