Look Ma, no arms!

Art consumes all of James time, professionally and personally, and much of it is centered around character design, which gives him both time — and money — to fantasize about mods on fictional characters. With the help of his friend Oliver this idea for piercing-mounted eyeglasses was made real.

What type are you?

... and for those of you who know a bit about typefaces, here is what happens when good fonts go bad !!! mmwwaahahaha (evil laugh)

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... and the sequel ...

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A picture is a thousand words

Typography is much more than just graphic design or illustration with some text thrown in. It’s an art form in itself that combines carefully chosen and arranged fonts with visual elements, sometimes as a relatively straightforward communication device and sometimes as artistic expression. Follow the link to view 15 examples of typography artwork which embody a broad variety of techniques and styles, but they’re all brilliant.

Take, for example, this entirely typographical portrait of President Barack Obama created by artist Gui Borchert from 20,000 of Obama’s own words, meticulously arranged in various sizes and colors.