Task 4 - Interpretation

Steve Yee's Typographic Portrait Of Thom Yorke

Done in Early 2009

I am doing my Task 4 on the design by the designer Steve Yee. The image is designed in a digital form. The subject matter is a piece advertising the 51st annual Grammy's. They used Yorke's face because he and his band, Radiohead were to be playing at the Grammy's and were nominated for prizes. The piece is composed of the main image, the face with the white negative space as a background. The typography formed into the face of Thom Yorke.  There is light in the top left of the piece, probably expressing stage lights, because the Grammy's are about music. The method used would probably be writing the word in the fonts and colours and arranging it into the form of the face, then adding the textures to the negative space and using after effects on the main image. 

Hail to the Thief, the cover art for a
Radiohead album

I like this image because it's basic but complex at the same time. It's also similar to the cover for Hail to the Thief by Thom's Band, Radiohead. They are similar in terms of colour and being a mainly typographacal piece of art. The ting that made me dislike the piece is because of some of the colours used.

Coldplay, another one of the bands used.

This image of Coldplay, would have been done using the same techniques, although, this one doesn't have the light in it. It would have taken a lot more words because there are more people. The one of Thom Yorke, (first one) wouldn't have used the whole band because there are a lot more members than Coldplay It uses different colours, replacing the red with a purple colour. When zooming in on the works, it looks as thought the smaller words, aren't actually words, rather lines that have been formed into words. This one is done in landscape rather than portrait unlike the first one. 

Bibliography:
http://www.steveyee.net/The-Grammys
http://tbwachiatday.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Grammy_Awards
https://www.google.co.nz/imghp?hl=en&tab=ii
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead
http://www.typetheory.com/?p=741
http://hannahfurnell.wordpress.com/tag/tbwachiatday/
http://www.typetheory.com/?p=741
http://www.typedimage.com/portraits.html
http://thefunkyrooster.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/grammys-typographic-posters/
http://tutorials.downloadroute.com/external-149369.html