TYPOGRAPHYAisha Valiji

Traditional VS ModernWith media evolving around us, how fast time has changed from typewriter Era where people would spend time writing letters with ink pots and quills to the first computer establishment where emails were first introduced are just one of the many examples of how fast technology is changing around us. Now instead of people sitting with huge ring-a-dial telephones they carry little technologies known by the name of smart phones that are much faster and more capable of carrying out a variety of tasks compared to traditional times. Now if I was to link this topic into typography it would be the sae, although both versions traditional and modern are beautiful in they’re own way they have some negative sides to. One of the most arguable negative sides for traditional typography is how much time it takes and of course the equipment of traditional typography is kind of limited compared to modern typography where you can use countless software's and of course create your own adaptable software's, one of the most famous software companies would be adobe Photoshop. Of course not many typography artists use Photoshop but Photoshop is what the majority go for as it has a wide range of tools, filters, edits basically in other words you can do and create pretty much anything on Photoshop like for example typography is not the only thing you can do on Photoshop, Photoshop is also well known to be used in things like photo editing. On a negative note however many people argue against modern technology because they think that although it is fairly useful it is also depriving children of the new generation of how life was before technology came into the picture, like the major argument against is that children grown u in this generation will never know the feeling of having a picture taken by professional camera instead its taken on camera applications on phones

These are some screenshot's I have taken of my Pinterest page based on my typographic portrait inspirations. Some are fashion related, some are really eye catching and have a splash of colour to them, some have rainbow colours and some are monochrome but yet really appealing to the eye but the thing in common with all of these is they are all in some shape or form related to the topic typography weather they are modern or traditional.

What I like about this piece is how it’s a normal painting (watercolour painting maybe) and the dress is like a drapery of text. Its full of random synchronisations of letters that make the image just so appealing, eye-catching, exquisite and beautiful. If I was to replicate this into Photoshop I would do a water colour painting and then I would use Photoshop and bring the letters to life so its like lifting off the dress with effects of warp, rotation and more.

I tried a little project in the middle of all of this still keeping my ways open trying different styles seeing which one was more suiting and better and I came across this style that I found on YouTube and its more of a 3D gap type of idea. As you can see it didn’t go so well I purposely left it half way just to see if it would look okay or not, maybe if I had finished it it would of looked better but this was just me trying to add more skills to myself trying out different things. I may use this skill later on as I kind of like how its like a “filling in” type of skill.

To achieve this piece I created the outline of the face using the pen tool then using the text took on top of the pen tool which gave me a guided path that the text followed. I then instead of doing the same thing all over the face decided to draw straight lines using the pen tool writing out words changing the size factor in the words giving it a almost up arch effect which helped wrap around the face and give it that humanly distinct face look. What I didn’t like about this was how childish it looked but it helped me enhance my tool skills also if maybe I had complete it then it would of come out better or if I tried a image where I was more exposed to the humans face like for example a direct contact portrait that could of helped.

I looked at some influences on pinterest and came across a certain style I wished to replicate, so I had a photoshoot session and I got one of the pictures I took from the photoshoot session and I desaturated it.

After desaturating it I posterized it and it came out with a level bar so I had to adjust it so I could see the tones drifting from black to grey to white so for this one in this case I picked level 4.

(choosing different fonts for the text to see which one is right)

After postorizing I took the background, filled it in to white and then I wrote out words in this case song lyrics and I wrote it out in different fonts and then once I was happy with it I rasterized it.

After editing, choosing the font and rasotizing I used the “Merged” tool and went over each phrase at a time and I went to edit, define brush present, set the name of the brush as for instance “Super Bass” and then saved the brush so it appeared in my brush drop down list.

After I set a brush for each of the phrases I went back to the image and used the quick selection tool to go over the background leaving just the face and body.

Once I was left with just the head and the body I clicked the marquee tool and drew a little triangle box and went to select where a drop down box appeared and I clicked similar and it highlighted everything that was that colour in the image which made it easier for me to use the brushes I made earlier and pat down the fonts everywhere and it would only fill the selected space.

After I done that with the black shade the grey shade and the white shade I ended up with something like this now of course it looked really nice but it looked rather empty as well.

Because it looked rather empty I decided to combine this with that little project I was carrying out earlier at the start and it proved rather effective as the background in my opinion although it looked rather messy it looked very 3D and popped out.

I then did a duplicate layer and I pulled it down a little with gave it that 3D shade around the head and arms effect which looked rather nice. I think this makes a good final piece in my opinion

The 3D styled piece combining two different projects inspired me to do another one with another picture trying out different things this time like different background colour. In this image I desaturated and Posturized highlighted the Black scale.

After I highlighted the Black scale I used my brushes I made previously but this time I used “normal” (no effect) on the brush tool and this is how it came out on the background layer so far.

Once I completed the Black scale I moved onto the grey scale using the “Darken” effect on the brush that gave me a almost marvel look on the shirt and outline of the body. I like this because on its own its rather positive and it stands out from the rest.

Once I completed the Black scale, Grey scale and white scale this is what It came out with. It was a very lovely piece but I still had to add the effects (this is how it looks without the template of Atlanta made completely out of text.

The effect I used on this piece is the “Hard Light” effect. What I like about it is that it gives the piece a almost neon shine to it making it bold and stand out what I don’t like about it so much is how untidy it looks.

The effect I used on this piece is the “Multiply” effect. What I like about it is that it gives the piece a sense of contrast which is effective but what I don’t like about this piece is how dark it is which puts it under the negative light.

I then repeated the same experiment but this time I only did the Grey scale leaving the white and black scale out which gave it this almost light and shade, neon, transaction look. I loved the outline on it and it was very vibrant it looked like a almost replication of how a drawing would look like with charcoal.

Out of all the pieces I created I looked at which was the most effective piece compared and the one I came out with was both of these.

Out of all the mini experiments I did I had to pick two which I found the most effective and one of the two I found most effective was this Lydia 3D style piece. What I like about it is how you can barely see the lettering in it yet its so effective at the same time. Reason why I purposely did very little samples of work is because the time for this course was rather short and I wanted to cover new techniques, techniques I’m not comfortable with this was one of the techniques. I would normally find this piece garbage and dispose of it but I actually find this as a chance to see the fault in it and refine it and make it better and final piece worthy. I think this is final piece worthy as it covers my skills in making my own brushes and making a image out of my brushes plus then I added filter effects and then I used the pen tool to make curved lines and I went over it with the text tool which gave the text a guided text path so I kind of covered 3 different skills in this one image.

Out of all the mini experiments I did I had to pick two which I found the most effective and one of the two I found most effective was this Atlanta neon type style piece. What I like about it is how you can see the huge lettering layout in it and how those letters and the colour contrast makes up the human figure like its an actual human image that’s how realistic it looks. However referring back to my previous comments I did find this piece kind of messy because its all over the place and its very untidy. I still think this is final piece worthy that is why I will use this image and try different effects and see if one of those effects help the piece become final piece worthy, if not then I will have to do another piece.

The effect I used on this piece is the “Hard Light Mix” effect. What I like about this piece is that its got a glow to it that makes it shine out what I don’t like about it however is that its rather plain.

The effect I used on this piece is the “Exclusion” effect. What I like about this piece is that it gives a almost Chinese like effect to the piece, I love the green and white contrast plus the black actually compliments the piece a negative thing In this piece however is that its to dark or that its also very much full.

The effect I used on this piece is the “Divide” effect. What I like about it is that it gives the piece a almost three dimensional effect which makes it stand out and it also gives it a almost ghostly appearance however what I don’t like about this is that its very “gapy”.

The effect I used on this piece is the “colour dodge” effect. What I like about it is that it gives the piece a almost neon, pop-art effect making it effective and stand out what I don’t like about it so much is how untidy it looks again as its rather messy but at the same time I like it because it makes a nice background effect.

The effect I used on this piece is the “Screen” effect. What I’ve seen about this piece is that its kind of the same as the above colour dodge piece but I kind of prefer this piece more then the colour dodge piece but the grey scale kind of kills it.

The effect I used on this piece is the “colour burn” effect. What I like about this piece is that its got a lovely contrast effect to it and I actually don’t really see anything negative in it I like it.

What i did for this piece is that I put 4 copies of the layer together side by side giving the piece a transaction like effect which makes the piece look effective yet simple. What I don’t like about it is how its fading well it was on purpose but it looks rather gapy near the end.

From two of these pieces from my idea development I cant seem to find which one I like better. They both are appealing in their own way, sometimes I lean against the second idea but then I think its to dark in contrast. My friends have suggested they are both equally good mainly the second one but then seeing as they both are equally good I think I’ll push these two together making it into one piece.

FINAL PIECE 1

What I liked about this piece at the start was how I combined different skills in one picture and how it had that almost “popping out at you 3D effect” If I had more time for this unit I would look at more imaginative more creative effects and I would also develop it more like try different colours, try different techniques, ect. Its just this piece is rather a weird yet lovely composition as its imaginative and its just the way its composed is best described as a weird wacky creation at 2am in the morning.

FINAL PIECE 2

What I liked about this piece at the start was how independent it was how it stood out by itself. I then did idea developments and couldn’t decide against what was better the dark contrast or the light one so in the end I decided to put both the ideas together and make it a final piece. The topic Typography was about exploring Typography modern and traditional and then looking into typographic portraits and taking inspiration from them. I looked at 3 typographic artists that stood out for me because they were all individual in there own way. If I had more time for this unit I would look at more imaginative more creative effects as in my opinion I think it’s a rather simple piece compared to others work plus famous typographic pieces.