Typography...

Swing City by Luke Lucas

   

 

  Typographic illustrator Luke Lucas creates artwork that combines text with oftenprovocative images, as in this typographic title treatment for an article in 'Lifelounge Magazine'  about swingers in America’s bible belt. I feel this piece is effective as they have used the human form to create the lettering.

 

Destructive Vintage Typo Experiment by Alberto Seveso

 

Roman artist Alberto Seveso has a singular typographic design style, taking a traditional approach to graphic  design rather than using computers. In a series of images called ‘Destructive Vintage Typo Experiment’, Seveso combines a 1970s-inspired type style with bits and pieces of line work, splatters of watercolor paint and sunny, vivid hues. I really like this piece as I like the bright colours and the washed out effect of the watercolour paint, and this is something that I would like to try out.

Good Morning Stranger by Nicholas Girard

 

Toronto designer Nicholas Girard uses typography to create blog headers this was for his blog Good Morning Stranger. I like the colours used in this piece and I also like the idea of stretching the letters.

Forget the Past by Craig Shields

 

Craig Shields mostly uses figures in his work. I like the idea of using figures with typography which is something I would like to try out with my drawing and painting.

 

 

‘Empire’ by Theo Aartsma'

 

 Theo Aartsma combines digital and traditional techniques to explore themes of nature, technology and urban culture. Aartsma’s typography art often has an organic feel. I like the idea of using nature in my work, I would like to try and incorporate natural objects such as leaves and twigs into my work to create a piece of natural typography.

Don’t Panic by Stefan Chinof

 

 Typographic illustrator Stefan Chinof often uses negative space among complex designs to spell out text, as in this piece, ‘Don’t Panic’. A recurring theme in Chinof’s work is liquidity, from dripping abstract shapes to illustrations disappearing into splatters of paint. I really like the vibrancy of this piece which is something I would like to recreate with paint.

 

Chaos is My Name by Berk Kizilay

 

Berk Kizilay’s typographic work is chaotic and masculine, standing in contrast to the figurative illustrations in his portfolio which have a sensual an almost airbrushed look. Kizilay layers text and design elements into compositions that are almost architectural in nature. I like  the layered look of this piece I could recreate this idea by using printing techniques and then writing over the top of it.

Typoplastic Surgeries by Oded Ezer

 

 

Oded Ezer stretches and blurs the boundaries of typographic illustration, integrating science to create bizarre works like his ‘Typographic Surgeries’. Oded literally attached letters to his own body and face, saying “The connection is between the letters to the face, kind of an evolution of both. I began the process in a graphical manner, but then I tried to implement it physically. So this augmentation, deformation of the body, the revelation of its typographical perspective is what turns me on.” I like the idea of using the body as a canvas for work as I feel that this a modern and imaginative way of displaying typography.

All Work and No Play by Craig Ward

Craig Ward is a London-based graphic designer uses materials such as feathers, paper cut outs and human hair to create his work. I like how the paper cut outs create the base for the lettering and then how the hair and feathers create a natural flow to it.

‘Words of Change’ by Gui Borchert

 

Gui Borchert used 20,000 of Barack Obamas own words to create a portrait of him. I think that this piece is inspirational and motivational. I think that this piece would do well as part o a political advertisement.

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke by Steve Yee

Steve Yee, art director for Chiat/Day in Los Angeles, designed a series of typographic posters for the 2009 Grammy Awards including this colorful portrait of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke. The words used throughout the portrait are the titles of some of Yorke’s favourite songs. I like the colours used in this piece and I also like the differences in fonts/sizes of the text used.

 

Typographic Skin Condition by David Tucker

 

David Tucker has taken typography to the extreme as he has scratched words into his skin. This is a combination of performance art and photography. I like how the idea of this is very modern and original, however it is something that I am not inclined to try out...

 

Heart by Yulia Brodskaya

Yulia Brodskaya combines typography with papercraft to create three-dimensional designs. I like the idea of using folded paper to create typography which is something I would like to try out in my own work.