Word : Image

I selected a Victorian-style rendition of a lion and challenged myself to work it into compositions mainly constructed of manipulated typography to fit into nine predetermined categories:

1. Title of a classic book/movie 2. Expression 3. Personage 4. Location 5. Thing/object 6. Brand/logotype 7. Food 8. World event/historical date 9. A word from a random page in the dictionary

Below, each composition includes a caption explaining the relation between the visual and its category.

1. “If I Were King of the Forest” Song from the film The Wizard of Oz performed by the Cowardly Lion.

1. “If I Were King of the Forest” Song from the film The Wizard of Oz performed by the Cowardly Lion.

2. “Curiosity killed the cat.”

2. “Curiosity killed the cat.”

3. “Walter Palmer - the man who Murdered Cecil.” The American dentist and trophy hunter who lured Hwange National Park’s most popular tourist attraction and beloved lion, Cecil, out of the park’s premises to legally hunt him with a bow and arrow, those arrow wounds ultimately caused his death.

3. “Walter Palmer - the man who Murdered Cecil.” The American dentist and trophy hunter who lured Hwange National Park’s most popular tourist attraction and beloved lion, Cecil, out of the park’s premises to legally hunt him with a bow and arrow, those arrow wounds ultimately caused his death.

4. “In My Soup” In reference to the song, “Animal Crackers in My Soup” performed by Shirley Temple in the 1935 film Curly Top. Type choice inspired by the sing-a-long lyric video.

4. “In My Soup” In reference to the song, “Animal Crackers in My Soup” performed by Shirley Temple in the 1935 film Curly Top. Type choice inspired by the sing-a-long lyric video.

5. “Scar”

5. “Scar”

6. “Metro Goldwyn Mayer” (MGM)

6. “Metro Goldwyn Mayer” (MGM)

7. “The Mane Coarse” (The Main Course)

7. “The Mane Coarse” (The Main Course)

8. Apollo 11 returned to Earth on July 24, 1969; a birthday on July 24th would mean the zodiac/astrological sign is a Leo, represented by the lion.

8. Apollo 11 returned to Earth on July 24, 1969; a birthday on July 24th would mean the zodiac/astrological sign is a Leo, represented by the lion.

9. “allusion" The movie The Lion King is known to be an allusion to William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, the font choice is meant to allude to Shakespeare. Additionally, the multiple attempts at ”writing” it to make it legible is an allusion to the commonly incomprehensible works of Shakespeare.

9. “allusion" The movie The Lion King is known to be an allusion to William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, the font choice is meant to allude to Shakespeare. Additionally, the multiple attempts at ”writing” it to make it legible is an allusion to the commonly incomprehensible works of Shakespeare.

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