- Dylan Roscover has used typefaces from Apple ads to render a beautiful portrait of Steve Jobs. (Make sure to click the image to see a larger version.) [Via] Fair warning: seeing this portrait gave me weird dreams.
- To borrow from AJ Soprano, “What, no {freakin’} Papyrus??” Still, this take on photographers’ logos rings pretty true.
- Milk goes airborne to create letters in Jónas Valtýsson’s Sequences project.
- Yulia Brodskaya works in cutout paper, lending dimension to pretty swashes.
- Overviews & tutorials:
- Photoshop forum user Phosphor has written up detailed tips for navigating through & editing text in PS.
- On PSDTUTS, Alvaro Guzman has created A Comprehensive Introduction to the Type Tool.
- Alex Beltechi shows How to Create a Richly Ornate Typographic Illustration in Photoshop.
Cool stuff!
Here’s a tut I did on creating a portrait from text – and the text remains editable:
http://www.vimeo.com/3052782
[Sounds cool, Dave; will check it out in a minute. –J.]
If you haven’t yet seen the PVP Online take on font snobbery, it’s quite humorous.