Typographic Portrait Research

Something I enjoy a lot is playing with imagery, and using things that I like to express myself. A common theme that can often be found in my artwork is animals, and I decided to play around with how animals could be used in typography.

Some sources of animal typography I found online include:

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‘Bird Alphabet Chart’ by Andrea Kalfas

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‘Animal Type’ by Ana Melo

One thing I noticed about these examples, was the consistent styling of the animals in the alphabet, and that each artist had their own unique style. Hence, I searched for an artist whose style I wanted to emulate in my type.

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Image from Liz Climo’s Tumblr Page

What I liked about Liz Climo’s comics was the way the animals were simply drawn, but were effective in attracting the audience. Hopefully my letters will be able to adopt a similar style! (:

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