Men of Letters People of Substance
“People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy... and I keep it in a jar on my desk.”
-Stephen
King
While
looking for blog postings for another class, I found an article in a CMYK
magazine about this book. It was so interesting I had to order for myself. The
book is entitled Men of Letters & People of Substance by
designer/illustrator Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich The entire book consists of
letterform images of important historical and literary figures. I found this
book captivating and the art that de Cumptich makes with text and a bit of
color is just unbelievable!
This
particular piece is an image of author Stephen King using the typeface Grimshaw
Hand. The image that de Cumtich created of King really capture the facial
features of the man himself. Of course, I've only seen him interviewed on TV,
read some of his books, and seen some of his movies. But the moody, dark,
disconcerting features of King can be seen in this text image as easily as a
photograph.
This
book is really amazing. Definitely take a look at it if you get a chance.
Sources:
De Vicq De Cumptich, Roberto, Men of Letters and People of Substance,
David
Godine Publisher, Boston, Massachusetts, 2008.
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/stephen_king.html
Wow, I did not realize it was made from text until I read your post. I did notice what looked like a capitalized "A" in the collar but I couldn't find any other evidence of text. The quote is really great.
ReplyDeleteWell this is taking typography higher level. It is almost not recognizable as text. If I see this book I will have to look at it.
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