Now, for our last individual project we had to make, I made a picture of Larry David out of type. The project was just that. Find a writer that you like a create Art out of Type while considering that person. I was really looking forward to making this poster. I knew it would take a lot of work, and it definitely did. It was the longest project by far out of all the ones that we did in this class. But that was fine, the reason I was looking forward to making this project is because when my mom went back to college when I was in elementary school she went back to school for graphic design. In one of her classes she had to make a poster just like this. What she did I will never forget because I still have a framed copy of her poster that she made. She made her poster of Bart Simpson. And she made it just for me. I loved the Simpsons when I was a little kid and my mom of course knew that. She designed him with the iconic Bart Simpson pose of him pulling his pants down and mooning people. She then filled him in completely using every single episode the Simpsons have ever done. At that time I think they just hit 300. Ever since she gave that to me I have always wanted to make a type art poster, I just never had the chance before.
Then I was stoked to make this one. I did not start off making Larry David, I started off making Bill the Butcher, one of my favorite characters in all of cinema in the film Gangs of New York. Somewhere along the line I either forgot to save or saved to a place where I couldn't find it or maybe it just crashed. Whatever happened I lost all of my stuff so I thought it was a good time to switch and maybe try and do someone else. So, I thought what better person to create than Larry David, the creator and co- writer of Seinfeld. Only the greatest television show to ever be created.
This project took a lot of time, and a lot of space to save. Every designer has that project that taught them they need to save and save often. For me, this was that project. I definitely learned the important of saving, backing up your stuff, and also just knowing where you saved something to if you don't want to loose it forever.
Not only did I learn about fill management in this project but I also learned that the type on a path tool can be a real pain in the ass. I had type going backwards and upside down. I didn't realize until a ways into the project that the type follows how you initially created the line. I used the pen tool to make the lines, which I also got pretty good at using during this project. And if you start from left to right the type will follow that path. That was very helpful once I finally realized that. Another thing that I got some experience using was type in an area tool. It is hard to find out what is an appropriate amount of type to put in there as well as knowing where to put breaks so there isn't weird spaces. Most of the project was me trying to figure out how to use the two tools more effectively and I think by the end of it I greatened my skills a decent amount.
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