Graphics 1: Typographic Portrait

5/12 Substitute Plans

Class Assignment: Watch a video and create and save several word clouds to use to make your own typographic portrait for you next project

Step 1: Watch this You Tube Video

Photoshop: Transform a Face into a Powerful Text Portrait

Step 2: Decide on a celebrity or person to create a typographic portrait and either type up or copy and paste words into a document to be used for your word clouds

Hint: You may use song lyrics, movie titles, sports terminology, etc.

Step 3: Go to wordclouds.com and follow the directions below to create and save a bubble (Make 3 or 4!)

Step by Step Directions:

1. Go to wordclouds.com (wordle does not work so you must use this site)
2. Click on File -> Paste/Type text,
3. Paste or type in the text that fits your chosen person into the box and click APPLY
4. Click on Shape -> and select the second black rectangle in the first row -> click CLOSE
5. Click on the third icon (looks like a refresh button) for direction of words -> click on the third box labeled horizontal and vertical -> click CLOSE
6. Click Colors -> Background Color -> Choose Black in the color gradient box -> click APPLY
7. Click Colors -> Cloud Colors -> Make sure all colors are set to as white as possible -> click APPLY
8. Click Font -> Choose a font that is not too decorative (plain is better)
9. Right click word bubble and Save image as -> name your file and save it under your name in your graphics folder

*All word bubbles should be white text on a black background unless you would like to try a bright color like pink or blue (fluorescent almost) and saved to your file so that you may access them in the graphics lab

*Save to your google drive if you cannot save to your graphics folder

*help other students if they having trouble