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Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3800 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-11 03:30:14
February 10 2013 07:21 GMT
#1
So I was inspired by some infographics that I came across on the net and some other forms of it. Word art, typography, that sort of thing. I don't know what to call them. Anyway, I decided to try and create some of my own because it's just pleasing to look at.

Here's the stuff I farted out so far:


The Resolve of One Who Creates
Inspired by a post on r/Typography

[image loading]

Comments:

It seems forced. And that one 'S' is just plain weird.



The Holstee Manifesto
Inspired by the Holstee Manifesto

[image loading]

Comments:

The whole thing doesn't seem to flow very well and it feels cheesy. The font doesn't seem to fit the general feel of the text too.




When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer
Inspired by Walt Whitman's poem

[image loading]

Comments:

My favourite poem of all time. I think it looks fine, but I'm not sure I've done it justice.




Be Soft
Inspired by Kurt Vonnegut

[image loading]

Comments:

This was my first time experimenting with using different fonts for different emotions associated with certain words. I’m a little concerned about the kerning. The picture also seems a little blurry for some reason. I'm quite satisfied with this though, despite my worries about the choice of colours.




So it goes
Inspired by Kurt Vonnegut & Iranon

+ Show Spoiler [outdated version] +
[image loading]

[image loading]

Comments:

I feel that this has so much untapped potential. I originally planned to include all the sentences that prelude “So it goes” in Slaughterhouse 5, wrapping “So it goes”, but alas. The program was starting to crawl and sputter. I think it looks fine, so that's good I guess.





I'm still trying to figure out what tools I should have if I want to continue this hobby. I'm currently using some web application, so I might not be able to do as much. I also need to learn more about how fonts work with each other. Serif, San-serif, and all that cool jazz.

I'll probably also need to look at more professionally done work so I can take some notes.

****
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ReignSupreme.
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
Australia4123 Posts
February 10 2013 07:29 GMT
#2
Typography
Aerisky
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States12129 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-10 08:03:04
February 10 2013 08:02 GMT
#3
This is pretty cool, in fact I totally think you should talk to DivinO about this. Haven't seen him around and he just LOVES this stuff because it's awesome. Hm if you want to revise any of your graphics, the "some opportunities only come once" in the second graphic has "opportunities misspelled". And yeah "so it goes" appears 106 times so you probably won't be able to fit all of it lol. I like this though!
Jim while Johnny had had had had had had had; had had had had the better effect on the teacher.
Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3800 Posts
February 10 2013 08:21 GMT
#4
Oh damn that typo
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Shady Sands
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States4021 Posts
February 10 2013 08:23 GMT
#5
Dude you're really good at this. Happy Year of the Snake, by the way.

Also, here are some lines/quotes I've accumulated over the years that you might want to use:

+ Show Spoiler [religion] +
god gives every bird his worm, he just doesn't throw it into the nest

the devil gives every man his price, he just doesn't always pay on time

+ Show Spoiler [war and peace] +
history has shown that a nation will hate almost any other nation for almost any possible reason, but the only people they'll end up killing are their neighbors

Absolute security for one nation means absolute insecurity for all others

war does not determine who is right, only who is left

The Red Knight bled to death inside his armor.

+ Show Spoiler [politics/economics] +
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about coming up with the wrong answers.

Fish rots from the head. If the top is corrupt, the rest follow

"we are all brothers under the skin--and I, for one, would be willing to skin humanity to prove it" --ellsworth toohey from the fountainhead

corruption and competence are not mutually exclusive

Nothing says 'American Dream' like a house that looks like it needs slaves to make it functional.

"Koba, why do you need me to die?" --a note addressed to Stalin sometime in the 1930s purges by Bukharin; found in Stalin's desk when he died in 1953

he who is not a socialist at twenty has no heart; he who is still a socialist at forty has no brain.

"you wanna end our Communist Party? Bring me forty million human heads first. Because that's how much we sacrificed to bring about the People's Republic" --Peng Zhen, said while suppressing Tiananmen demonstrators

+ Show Spoiler [general motivational] +
It's better to burn out than to fade away.

Write with your door closed, rewrite with your door open.

"You gotta hate somebody before this is over". Wintermute, posing as the Finn, from Neuromancer

+ Show Spoiler [things i've said to girls] +
I'm not a virgin, so why should you be one? It doesn't matter to who loved you first, so long as I'm the one who loves you last. (Me)

You know how to work people, so instead of working to make them miserable, why can't you work to make them happy? (Her)

I'm so happy we can be friends. Can we still... you know? (Another her)

I don't think you need therapy. I think you need a straitjacket. (Me)
Что?
hp.Shell
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2527 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-10 08:25:53
February 10 2013 08:25 GMT
#6
Really cool. I like the Holstee Manifesto one, pretty inspiring. Also the weird 'S' in the make more things this year, I would make it the same size as the "NGS" above it, and put it below the N. Good job!
Please PM me with any songs you like that you think I haven't heard before!
Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3800 Posts
February 10 2013 08:45 GMT
#7
On February 10 2013 17:23 Shady Sands wrote:
Dude you're really good at this. Happy Year of the Snake, by the way.

Also, here are some lines/quotes I've accumulated over the years that you might want to use:

+ Show Spoiler [religion] +
god gives every bird his worm, he just doesn't throw it into the nest

the devil gives every man his price, he just doesn't always pay on time

+ Show Spoiler [war and peace] +
history has shown that a nation will hate almost any other nation for almost any possible reason, but the only people they'll end up killing are their neighbors

Absolute security for one nation means absolute insecurity for all others

war does not determine who is right, only who is left

The Red Knight bled to death inside his armor.

+ Show Spoiler [politics/economics] +
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about coming up with the wrong answers.

Fish rots from the head. If the top is corrupt, the rest follow

"we are all brothers under the skin--and I, for one, would be willing to skin humanity to prove it" --ellsworth toohey from the fountainhead

corruption and competence are not mutually exclusive

Nothing says 'American Dream' like a house that looks like it needs slaves to make it functional.

"Koba, why do you need me to die?" --a note addressed to Stalin sometime in the 1930s purges by Bukharin; found in Stalin's desk when he died in 1953

he who is not a socialist at twenty has no heart; he who is still a socialist at forty has no brain.

"you wanna end our Communist Party? Bring me forty million human heads first. Because that's how much we sacrificed to bring about the People's Republic" --Peng Zhen, said while suppressing Tiananmen demonstrators

+ Show Spoiler [general motivational] +
It's better to burn out than to fade away.

Write with your door closed, rewrite with your door open.

"You gotta hate somebody before this is over". Wintermute, posing as the Finn, from Neuromancer

+ Show Spoiler [things i've said to girls] +
I'm not a virgin, so why should you be one? It doesn't matter to who loved you first, so long as I'm the one who loves you last. (Me)

You know how to work people, so instead of working to make them miserable, why can't you work to make them happy? (Her)

I'm so happy we can be friends. Can we still... you know? (Another her)

I don't think you need therapy. I think you need a straitjacket. (Me)


Heh. Thanks man. I'll try to use some of those quotes

On February 10 2013 17:25 hp.Shell wrote:
Really cool. I like the Holstee Manifesto one, pretty inspiring. Also the weird 'S' in the make more things this year, I would make it the same size as the "NGS" above it, and put it below the N. Good job!


Thanks! I tried to do what you suggested, but I realized that the image will look even more weird since after resizing the S, the general structure of the words (a rectangle) will collapse.
Check out some great music made by TLers - http://bit.ly/QXYhdb , by intrigue. http://bit.ly/RTjpOR , by ohsea.toc.
Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3800 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-10 12:57:33
February 10 2013 11:59 GMT
#8
Hey Shady, I did one of the quotes.


[image loading]


I'm a little unsure about how I placed the text. I still need to get the text to flow well I guess.
Check out some great music made by TLers - http://bit.ly/QXYhdb , by intrigue. http://bit.ly/RTjpOR , by ohsea.toc.
3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
February 10 2013 12:35 GMT
#9
"Getting lost will help your find yourself"
GL with this, and HF.
"As long as it comes from a pure place and from a honest place, you know, you can write whatever you want."
Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3800 Posts
February 10 2013 12:39 GMT
#10
Yeah I really have to remake the manifesto thing
Check out some great music made by TLers - http://bit.ly/QXYhdb , by intrigue. http://bit.ly/RTjpOR , by ohsea.toc.
Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3800 Posts
February 10 2013 14:09 GMT
#11
I updated the manifesto! It should be void of typos now!
Check out some great music made by TLers - http://bit.ly/QXYhdb , by intrigue. http://bit.ly/RTjpOR , by ohsea.toc.
Iranon
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States983 Posts
February 10 2013 16:18 GMT
#12
Your "so it goes" would look better if the text ran all the way to (and over) the edges on all 4 sides. Make it be a window that looks in on the text, not a box that someone typed text into.
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
February 10 2013 17:22 GMT
#13
I like Typography a lot. It's one of those arts that people rarely think about, a lot like an image based version of calligraphy. It is seriously one of the coolest art pieces that the internet has spread. I'm not very sure how to create these though, is there a program that does it? Maybe this is just in photoshop or paint? I have no idea.
User was warned for too many mimes.
Shady Sands
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States4021 Posts
February 11 2013 01:10 GMT
#14
On February 10 2013 20:59 Azera wrote:
Hey Shady, I did one of the quotes.


[image loading]


I'm a little unsure about how I placed the text. I still need to get the text to flow well I guess.

Awesome =) Looks great!
Что?
Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3800 Posts
February 11 2013 02:05 GMT
#15
@Iranon

That's a fantastic idea. I'll definitely try that. Cheers!

@docvoc

Typography is amazing, there is no doubt about that. You can look up applications online or use Photoshop. I just googled "How to get started with typography"

@Shady

Thanks
Check out some great music made by TLers - http://bit.ly/QXYhdb , by intrigue. http://bit.ly/RTjpOR , by ohsea.toc.
Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3800 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-11 03:25:18
February 11 2013 03:15 GMT
#16
HELLO! I THINK I FINISHED IT.
I included all the sentences that I was able to squeeze into the canvas. I think I have a couple more sentences I can fit into the empty spaces.

+ Show Spoiler +

[image loading]



Edit: Heres' the updated and hopefully final version:


[image loading]
Check out some great music made by TLers - http://bit.ly/QXYhdb , by intrigue. http://bit.ly/RTjpOR , by ohsea.toc.
Blisse
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada3710 Posts
February 11 2013 03:25 GMT
#17
I came for the WordArt.


I really like your typographic skills though.
There is no one like you in the universe.
Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3800 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-11 03:32:42
February 11 2013 03:32 GMT
#18
On February 11 2013 12:25 Blisse wrote:
I came for the WordArt.


I really like your typographic skills though.


Haha, thanks. I'm just a newb though.
Check out some great music made by TLers - http://bit.ly/QXYhdb , by intrigue. http://bit.ly/RTjpOR , by ohsea.toc.
catplanetcatplanet
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
3829 Posts
February 12 2013 01:09 GMT
#19
Stop over-analying!

But actually, great job.
I think it's finally time to admit it might not be the year of Pet
Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3800 Posts
February 12 2013 01:49 GMT
#20
Oh fuck me -. -
Check out some great music made by TLers - http://bit.ly/QXYhdb , by intrigue. http://bit.ly/RTjpOR , by ohsea.toc.
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