Typography - 9 Square Magazine Cut Out

Assignment: Using 9-Square grids, explore the use of image and letter forms to convey mood, spatial ambiguity, dynamic composition, and pattern. The grid template is used to organize cuts made from magazine prints into orderly arrangements that display an intentional use of the frame to subtract unnecessary detail and focus the viewer on elements in a considered way.

Arrange magazine cuts to create an visual representation
of the keywords provided: sombre

For this project we had to bring in magazines and cut up little 3" squares to create a block that represented a word. My word was 'somber'. I looked for dark, desaturated images to use. I also looked for objects or arrangements that seemed lonely, sad, formal, or low energy. I decided to space the images that contained people in them to make it feel more lonely and apart, none of my people face each other. I feel like I captured the word.