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Typographic Portrait
Overall, the typographic portrait project is an amazing experience because I have lots of fun trying out stuff. I usually do digital imaging so for this project I’m trying to see whether I can do traditional methods as well. I also used to associate myself with Greek deities as a link to all my artworks and my love for theology and history.
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Typographic Portrait Final
This is the final product for my Typographic Portrait Series.
Its been a fun experience making this work.
Postal Backgrounds for the 4 Pieces
My Name is SONG, and I’m Open and Honest
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Typographic Portrait Process
Now that my stylistic research is done, i proceeded to look for inspiration from works themselves,
different artists who manage to utilise typography in their works.
The "I" in portraIt
Since the number of portraits have been reduced to four, I’ve narrowed down the candidates to be:
Agender Ice Queen Runner Child/NostalgiaWhich, to give some sort of coherence, I’ve changed them to associate myself with different Greek deities:
Hecate’s Acolyte Heart of Hera Hermes’s Prodigy Son of AphroditeA Takato Yamamoto inspired piece. Attempting to put in symbols that represents me (full moon, carnations, etc).
Managed to gather a lot (really Read more →
Hello! My Name Is .....
Hello! my name is Songyu, and i love to play with materials. I like using hands on, direct approaches
to my work, and thus i decided to experiment with such in this introductory project. For this, i
used 3 different mediums. Fire, Pen ink, and Linoprinting. All 3 pieces have some
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Typographic Portrait Research
For this project, i started off by looking at references from avant garde media and styles, such as in dadaism and
Russian Constructivism, particularly in how they managed to use typography within their work.
Artists like Hannah Hoch were also inspirations for me, as the way she composed her
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TP: Final presentation
Final close up:
Branches// Finding me I can hide and may be hidden among the crowds at times. My heart may be hidden to. But if you look close enough, you will definitely find me in there, somewhere
Fishes in water// I feel like i am like fishes out of water, not fitting into the environment that i am in. However, at Read more →
TP: Process IV
Off to the last! Mountains!
I initially wanted to add my chinese characters into this piece
I found many many inspiring examples on pinterest.
I really like this layering of the sky instead of the actual mountains to show the illusion of having mountains. I found out that the importance of knowing where my light is coming Read more →
TP: Process III
With the completion of branches and water, I have decided to go with roaring waves and mountains for the final 2 piece.
Making of waves:
I was influenced with the japanese style waves, which I did for my last semester EGO project too. I like the strength that it gives and also the creativity that I am allowed to go with it.
References:
typographic portrait 1: An Insomniac
Sleep.
Don’t we all never get enough of it?
How hectic our lives are as ADM students.
Compounded with the fact that I am an unpredictable insomniac.
I legit am afraid that I am unable to sleep and thus be unable to function the next day.
It’s so frustrating.
Sigh.
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