Designing a poster self portrait with type. This is a portrait of you, so it offers numerous possibilities and the image is made mostly of type.
Here are a couple of links that show portraits filled with words. Use any of them for inspiration and as examples.
Using a combination of letters and words, you will create a likeness of your visage (face) to show some aspect of your personality. Are you a musician, photographer, shopper, athlete, student, youtuber, a book reader, gamer or someone who just likes hang out. What do you really like to do? You can pick any of the above and make your self portrait.
So here are the steps to follow.
Select the side of your personality you want to show off.
Write all the words you can think of that show this side of you.
Get a head and shoulders photo of you. If you do not have one, ask a fellow student to take a head and shoulder portrait photo for you. Ideally, it should reflect the side of your personality you want to show in your self-portrait. For example, if you are a singer, you portrait should you singing or behaving like a singer. Or it could be just a regular shot and you let the words tell the story.
Start to produce the words you thought if in step 2. Use different fonts and different sizes. Try display or script fonts. Make some bold or italic. Just DON’T be boring.
Remember that different fonts show different meanings or emotions. Check out the link below to explore the meaning of fonts.
Here is a tutorial on using the colour wheel.
Write a description of the side of you personality that you want to show off, just a sentence is fine
Give 2 reasons why you picked this side of you.
Make a list of all the words that describe you as a _________. Let's say you picked a singer. The words could be music terminology, musical notes, names of songs, or instruments. You can have about 1/4 of you self portrait as images. The rest must be words.
Once you have all your words, open Photoshop and import your photo.
Select the basic fonts you want to use. Start to arrange your words on your face. Remember that each word should be on a separate layer. You can end up with 15 or 29 or more layers.
Words can be drawn by hand, coloured by hand and scanned into the computer, then added to you portrait in PS.
Save your photo as a PSD document and as a jpg.
If you don't have access to Photoshop, you can create your self-portrait by hand.
Find a photo of you and print it out on letter size paper.
Print out words or even draw them by hand. Use fonts that have emotional meanings that reflect the feeling s you want to express.
Cut out the words and paste them on you photo. You can even include photos of objects that you wan to include.
Here are a few video links t help you make a Photoshop text poster
Videos to create a text poster:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj_iwNgv8aQ&ab_channel=BlueLightningTVPhotoshop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh-Ff4y-V6A&ab_channel=SpoonGraphics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeOeyL4hPSU&ab_channel=Rizvee
Save your poster as a jpg or png and hand in your self portrait in Google Classroom.
Many artists make self portraits for many reasons: a) as a process of self discovery; b) remember the past; c) and as a way to release passed emotions, to name a few.
1. In your self portrait, you had to study your own personality both physically and emotionally. What new insights did you find out about yourself? Describe it in a couple of sentences.
2. Answer only 1 of the following and give 1 reasons to why to support your answer:
a. Has producing your self portrait changed the way you feel about your self?
b. How has producing your self portrait clarified your perceptions about you as an individual?
c. Was this a new discovery or were you already aware of this part of your personality?
d. How have the ideas you explored, changed the opinion you have of yourself?
e. Did you find anything that you didn't like or were uncomfortable to you about the areas of your character you picked?
Note: When answering, considering whether it has awakened, strengthened or weakened your feelings, ideas, perceptions about you.