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intro to design and creative thinking
Typographic Self-Portait
In this project you will mix typography, a self-generated vocabulary list that describes you as an individual and a photograph of your self. In addition you will use other photographs manipulated in Photoshop and Illustrator into a creative poster.
You will take a picture of yourself in PhotoBooth •Knock out the background in Photoshop • Trace Bitmap in Illustrator • Manipulate the opacity and then create a typographic portrait using multiple colors in Illustrator.
You will then use the vocabulary list that you created and unique typography as a background for your poster.
Type as Art
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![3D Head](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_fe66d32f04204fb4b97f6bc05b366bf5~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_175,h_165,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/3D%20Head.png)
![3D Head](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_fe66d32f04204fb4b97f6bc05b366bf5~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_125,h_118,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/3D%20Head.png)
![3D Head](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_fe66d32f04204fb4b97f6bc05b366bf5~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_97,h_92,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/3D%20Head.png)
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