Birgit then creates two lists one with names referring to the city and the other with adjectives these lists help you define the essence of the city and the adjectives draw your emotions. Birgit then usually picks a noun from the list and pairs it with one of the adjectives making a quick sketch of each combination. How to transform your inspiration into typography Birgit creates a Tokyo mood board with reference images How to transform your inspiration into typography Birgit creates a list of nouns and a list of adjectives which she combines to start her sketches Do not take the images literally Birgit looks for ways to reinterpret these ideas and make them more abstract and therefore unique.
In Picassos El Toro lithographs the artist challenges himself by trying to test how far he is capable of removing details from the image to create abstract interpretations of the bull. When you do this process you have to ask yourself how much you want your creation to look like the reference image. How are you going to photo background removing make the shapes you draw interpret the idea of your reference images but in a more fun way proposes Birgit . How to transform your inspiration into typography El toro lithographic series by Picasso Try to capture emotions to explain this concept. Birgit examines a Kandinsky study in which the artist recreates a pure abstraction of a ballerinas movements in a series of photographs. of lines and circles. You can see this method applied in other works of his.
Kandinsky was trying to incorporate the emotion of the dancers into his artwork. And thats exactly what I want to do says Birgit. Instead of taking this literally think about the emotion the essence which is the slightly deeper layer. Try to reproduce that . How to transform your inspiration into typography Kandinsky creates pure abstraction from the movement of dancers Pay attention to important details You can do without details and colors. Simplify the image. Once youve got rid of unnecessary information you can start playing with shapes and colors. Disassemble the structure into simple parts Charley Harper does a lot of drawing of animals.