28 Excellent Examples Of Typography Portraits

I’m sure most of us heard of these memorable saying that goes like “A good sketch is better than a long speech” or “A picture is worth a thousand words” . Sometimes, even the most complicated issue and matter can be simplified and expressed over a single image. That’s just how incredible images are; but today I want to show you something different, a hybrid of both. Here’s a showcase of a very unique approach to portrait illustrations . These images below are mixtures of both images and typography, where the latter is used to shape the portraits while the words within have messages to deliver. It is just amazing how manipulation of font types, sizes and keywords can form a great portrait artwork with inner meaning. Full list after jump. Burdened Barrack Obama | Dylanroscover Self Portrait | Saluum Mother Teresa | Dencii Mahatma Gandhi | Dencii John Lennon | Dencii Martin Luther King, Jr | Dencii Self Portrait | Stacy Benson Self Portrait | Stacey Grove “Screaming” | Goblina Self Portrait | Vic198x Self Portrait | Le0arts Mos Def a.k.a Dante Terrell Smith-Bey | DilsJ Lady Gaga | Skye Shettle Scott Weiland | Steve Butabi Erik Spiekermann | Steve Butabi Nelly Furtado | Steve Butabi Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails | Maxdoming Bono of U2 | CaliburlessSoul Self Portrait | Laemmen Self Portrait | Hworangi107 Self Portrait | Fostic-Popcorn Self Portrait | EclecticPhoenix E.B. Portrait | Akeiron Morgan Freeman | Straye-Close Marilyn Manson | CaliburlessSoul Thom Yorke | tbwachiat Lil Wayne | tbwachiat humans | Miss–Dee Resouces: Create your own Typography Portrait with Photoshop Typographic Portrait like Grammy’s Posters

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28 Excellent Examples Of Typography Portraits