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i recently watched ji lee‘s creative morning talk and i thought his student exercise of illustrating a word’s meaning typographically using really only the word would be a fun little thing to do here and there. having never gone to art school, i never got an exercise like this and i guess i wasn’t smart enough to just try and do something like this without having heard about it first. anyway, if i don’t have time to ponder illustration friday’s topic as much as i want, i may try and do these typographic doodles.
here’s the talk, if you’re interested:
2011/03 Ji Lee from CreativeMornings on Vimeo.
i think this will turn into a yearly thing but i decided at the very last minute to design my sister’s birthday card yet again. i had a blast doing this and i will once again cop to the excuse that i only did this in a few hours…although maybe that was too much time! i’m not very well versed in typography but i’m really fascinated with the subject. those more in the know are probably very aware of the influences i have so far in this little homage. i think i’m going to try and design my own christmas cards this year instead of buying.
i took advantage of the fact that greeting cards can be displayed both ways. thematically, the design works better vertically but i think it’s more appealing visually when viewed horizontally. which do you prefer?