Lyrics Born Word Illustration
What happens when you take the lyrics to your favorite song and use them to illustrate the musical artist’s likeness? This. This happens.
Key Takeaways
Fonts with Feeling
The idea was to select a typeface that reflected the subject’s personality, style of work, and overall “vibe”, then use the typeface to create a typographic portrait of a person of our own choosing. I went with something super fluid and funky, just like Lyrics Born.
Manipulating Text
Using specific tools in Illustrator that allow you to adjust words and text as if they’re shapes, I combined this funky and fluid font with varying tones and shades to create depth through shadows and highlights.
Maintaining Readability
Readability is everything with a project like this, so keeping proportions in mind while working is crucial. This project is a good reminder of how important it is to take a few steps back every once in a while to make sure your work is legible and clear, in whatever form it needs to be.
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