Project 2

The Challenges begin

I slowly realize that I have trouble using adobe illustrator.

A man or muppet?

The purpose of project 2 was to create portraits of characters using three typefaces of the artist’s choice. I used Futura, Noteworthy, and SignPainter as my typefaces, mainly because they looked the most interesting to me. By allowing myself to choose freely among the fonts, I did not feel restricted in my process whatsoever. Typically when I create portraits, I try to think of what part of the character stands out the most, and build the design around that. For example, for the piece using the Noteworthy font, I realized almost immediately that the uppercase “U” looks like a nose, and I built the entire character around that. For my SignPainter piece, I knew I wanted to make one with a lot of hair, and I saw that the lowercase “z” character looked a bit like curls.

So, I built the character around that. For the Futura piece, I saw how the lowercase “m” looked like puckered lips and tried to make the character look sickeningly sweet. I have three other pieces that I adore, and it was difficult choosing only three for the final draft.