More typography as comics

Here are a few more of the experiments that I did on using typography as a comic strip. These were created as possible pieces for an exhibition of typography as art.





I have no idea just where some of these quotes are from, but they make for a fun project.



How true !







Hi, Just call me TYPEFACE !

Typography as comics

In 2007 the Krasl Art Center in St. Joseph, Michigan decided that they were going to have a special TYPOGRAPHY AS ART exhibition sometime in 2008. Later it became TEXT AS ART which changed the intent of the original idea. I had been working on various ideas for the original show, using typography as a comic strip. Here are some of the graphics that I came up with.













This was an interesting project as I have always had a great interest in typography. I have always admired the work of Bradbury Thompson, Paul Rand and Lester Beall, they all did some wonderful things in that field.

Variations on a scene

You can take rather mundane scenes and create interesting images on the computer. It's also a fun way to learn digital techniques in Photoshop. The possibilities are really unlimited as you will see in the following images. Get out some of those old photos and see what you can do.


LATE AFTERNOON ON 26TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY
This photo was altered to create an overall color tone.



This is negative of the original image to which black and color shapes were added.



Another variation, this time I created a rainy scene.



A bright, sunny variation.



Another late afternoon, sun-filled version. It's HOT out there !



Here is a beach scene near my home in Sawyer, Michigan. This was originally painted as an illustration for a book that a friend of mine had written.



A negative of the original. I added a few tones creating an interesting dusk scene.

Last of the comic book cover parodies (for now)

Some more examples of my cover partodies showing the great variety of imaging possible with the computer. These were great fun to create. All were created by combining line art and digital images.



I just let my imagination run wild and came up with interesting oddball images. This ink line art was originally done for a Dracula book. I will show all of my Dracula
illustrations in a future post on my other blog HARRY BORGMAN ART.







This one is a wild collage of many previously drawn images.



It was also fun designing all of the type and logos. Great computer practice. These are all printed on 13 x19" archival paper using pigmented inks. They are exhibited as signed, limited edition prints in galleries and museums.

More parodies

I tried some really weird comic book cover parodies with a science fiction flavor. Doing the backgrounds were great fun and would have been quite difficult to do using traditional mediums, but were fairly easy to accomplish on the computer. The baboon image is an old engraving that I found in a book. This is an excellent way to experiment with design and color on the computer.



More craziness aa well as great fun with color and design.




Two more wild designs, anything goes when experimenting !



It's amazing what can be dome using the computer medium, it really begs one to experiment.

More comic book cover parodies

Continuing with my series of comic book cover parodies, here are four more examples.



For this cover I used a few old ink drawings that were originally done for a Dracula book, combining them to create this cover.



A take-off on Batman and Robin.



The line art used here was originally done as part of a series of prints illustratimg Edgar Rice Burrough's stories, this particular print depicted "Beyond Thirty". The art was scanned into the computer where the lettering and color was added.



I have done over 100 of these parodies, they are signed, limited edition 13 x19" prints that are exhibited in art galleries and Art Centers. They were all created on the computer.

Even more DaVinci

Another cover using Mona's enigmatic smile as the theme.



On this cover comic strip I used a lot of Leonardo's drawings and added a couple of ladies.



A combination of Leonardo and Harry. I use this image on my business cards and promotional material.