Typography

I also had a look at Typography. Typography is the way that text is arranged on a page. The reason why I looked at typography is because animated can be looked at as a type of typography because of the ways that the artists manipulate text is also evident in some typography artist’s work.  

Here are some examples of Typography work: 

I like this art work of a popular star wars character. if you look carefully you can see where all the letters are and how they join to make his body.

This is a complex one. All of the letters are jumbled together to create the shape of a gun. I like the way the trigger has been created with the letter 'r' and also the floating letters that say 'Bang'. 

This womens face has been made with different sized letters. I especially like her hair which as been made with bold lettering of different shapes. The little attention to details like her earring is also a good touch.

I wanted to see some artists of Typography and i found an artist by the name of 'Oded Ezer' 

Oded Ezer is an Israeli typographic artist, logo and type designer and also a lecturer. He graduated at the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, with a Bachelor degree in Visual Communication Design (1998). Ezer founded his own independent studio "Oded Ezer Typography" in Givatayim, Israel in 2000. In 2002 he co-founded the first cooperative of Israeli font designers, called "Ha'Gilda" (The Guild). He teaches typography and graphic design in several academies in and outside Israel. His posters and graphic works have been showcased and published worldwide he also runs experimental typo/art projects, where he explores non-conventional solutions in Hebrew typography. He is also a lecturer and a typographic experimentalist. His studio is located in Israel.
“Ezer's work is emotional and powerful... his typographies are as exceptional in this field as they are outstanding, to say the least” said Die Gestalten Verlag 

Below are some examples of his work: 

The above photograph is of a 3D ‘I love NY’ logo. Oded wanted the image to be monumental, mysterious and intensive. All the letters have been bent into different shapes until the are almost unrecognizable the red heart in the center stands out among the black.

This typography by Oded as been done with what looks like a silly spray can. At a first glance you it just looks like random mess but if you look carefully you can make out some letters although I cannot quite make out what it says this brings mystery into his art work. 

This piece by Oded is in another language but still very effective. Using nails and string he has made this typography. The nails that are not part of the work look as if they are court in a spiders web. This is an outstanding piece of work. 

The four images above are of Oded himself. He has manipulated the photographs of himself so it looks as if he has letters imbedded in his skin and is pulling them out. Oded style is very different to others.   

I also had a try myself at some simple Typography:

Above is a try I had at typography. I used a Z and a placed a zipper on top of it. The reason I chose to use a zipper is because they relate zipper starts with Z. As my first try it is okay but I would of liked to make it look better. I could have possibly mad the sides where the zip has been open to sag like a coat would when the zip is open.  

Above is quite a simple typography that I created. I created the letter T using a series of T’s. To make the piece more interesting I change the colour of two lines within the T using blue and red.

Above is a stop sign that I created using different letters. It took a long type to get it perfect but I am very happy with the end result. This is a more complicated than the T that I had created previously.