Typographic Quotes

Today we chose a quote and created it in a traditional media. I chose song lyrics from an Eminem song called 'Lose yourself'. I thought this was a powerful quote because of it's meaning that you only get 'one shot' at everything in life. You may have other opportunities but they will never be your first experience with whatever it is. You will never be able to recreate a first impression so you have to capture it when you can.

Here is my quote collage that I created earlier today with traditional methods by photocopying pages from magazines and typography books and cutting out the relevant letters and words.

The picture quality is not fantastic as I was limited to the camera's that college provided. I hadn't brought my own. Presently, this collage is pinned up with the rest of my classes' work on the wall outside our studio.

 Here is the recreation I made on the computer. Using 'InaiMathi' for the sans serif font and 'Rockwell' for the bold, italic font. I prefer this version of the quote as it is much neater and there is not too much different font as there is on the traditional version. I think that makes it much more difficult to read and, though it is more interesting to look at, it's too complicated.

Here is one we all made the other day. I used too many fonts here too. Unlike the traditional one, it is much easier to read but is still rather messy.