1. Digital Imaging
Unit 4: Working with Type
Module 3: Creating a Type Portrait
Working with Type
Sometimes type can be used to
create an image. Type maps
and type portraits are just two
ways to use type to make an
image.
These next slides demonstrate
a technique for using type to
create an image.

2. Digital Imaging
Unit 4: Working with Type
Module 3: Creating a Type Portrait
Working with Type
Download a portrait for
use in this exercise.
Crop out the background.

3. Digital Imaging
Unit 4: Working with Type
Module 3: Creating a Type Portrait
Working with Type
Convert image to black
and white, then posterize.
(Image > Adjustment >
Posterize)

4. Digital Imaging
Unit 4: Working with Type
Module 3: Creating a Type Portrait
Working with Type
Hide the image layer and
add a new layer to your
file.
In this new layer type a
few words.

5. Digital Imaging
Unit 4: Working with Type
Module 3: Creating a Type Portrait
Working with Type
Create a photoshop brush
using the words you just
typed:
• Make a selection
around the first word
• Go to Edit > Define
Brush Preset.
• Name your new brush.
• Do the same for the
remaining words.

6. Digital Imaging
Unit 4: Working with Type
Module 3: Creating a Type Portrait
Working with Type
Create a photoshop
pattern using the words:
• Make a selection
around all the words
• Go to Edit > Define
Pattern.
• Name your new
pattern.

7. Digital Imaging
Unit 4: Working with Type
Module 3: Creating a Type Portrait
Working with Type
Make a selection that includes all
of the black areas on your image.
Hide the image, insert a new
layer.
Use the brush or the pattern you
created to fill the selection.
(Areas outside the selection will
not fill.)

8. Digital Imaging
Unit 4: Working with Type
Module 3: Creating a Type Portrait
Working with Type
Repeat process with other areas
of the image until you feel your
type portrait is complete.

9. Digital Imaging
Unit 4: Working with Type
Module 3: Creating a Type Portrait
Examples of Type Portraits

10. Digital Imaging
Unit 4: Working with Type
Module 3: Creating a Type Portrait
Examples of Type Portraits

11. Digital Imaging
Unit 4: Working with Type
Module 3: Creating a Type Portrait
Examples of Type Portraits

12. Digital Imaging
Unit 4: Working with Type
Module 3: Creating a Type Portrait
Examples of Type Portraits