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Calligram in your Soulby ~Vic-Perfecto

Traditional Art / Typography / Calligraphy

I'm taking this little darlin' to school to submit today, but before I do, I wanted to scan it and share it, since I'm pretty proud of it. Also, because it's been a damn long time since I uploaded anything. This is a calligram using lyrics from one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands, "Birdhouse in Your Soul," by They Might Be Giants. A calligram, if I can loosely and haphazardly define it, is an image made with words and letters. In my Lettering & Typography class, the assignment was to create an image with either poetry or song lyrics, and after banging my head around songs that were too abstract (like ELO's "Twilight"), it all came together when I went back to sweet lovin' TMBG. It's partially influenced by a bird calligram written in Islamic. My lettering is kind of ass, I know, but I'm reaally happy with the way it all came together.

The ink is cyan darkened with a couple of drops of black, and its done with a calligraphy nib no. 3, a "spoon" nib, and a little brushwork in the tail/M.

Birdhouse In Your Soul lyrics Copyright 1990, They Might Be Giants.

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~BumbleB63 Oct 11, 2012

everyone tells me I am to young to know about this band but they are one of my favorites!

~BiancaChocolat May 19, 2012

But it isn t anything new, Guillaume Apollinaire started with those kinds of calligrams, he has a book, which is called "Calligrams".

But anyway this one is really impressive, big wow!

~BiancaChocolat May 19, 2012

Eoghan: But it´s not new, Apollinaire started with those kind of calligrams, he has whole book, which is called "Calligrams" so....

But anyway, this one is awesome, big wow!