First, I'm gonna think about words. Concrete words. I am very interested in concrete words and in poetry. As an artist, I am interested in the aesthetics of different fonts.
So, I think I should explore different types of fonts, for there are so many and so little that I know.
I also am interested in New Orleans terms and phrases.
e.g., "Yeah, you rite!", "How's ya mom n'em?", "I'm making groceries."
Hand-written text is also interesting.
An idea I came up with:
What also is interesting is that a letter in itself could be its own character and maybe a whole word could be a family of letters, and maybe a sentence a community, a paragraph, a nation, an essay could be a continent, and a book could be an entire world. A library could be a universe.
Title sequences also have my interest when it comes to text.
http://www.artofthetitle.com/
For font:
http://www.dafont.com/
How can my text be a pattern or a texture?
I need to see these characters of text not only as letters, but as shapes and forms.
I kind of want to stay away from being too literal and relying on words. I want to focus more on texture and form.
Text can be used to create images:
http://www.mediacircus.co.nz/userfiles/image/jamesbrown.jpg
(except for the teeth)
http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/phpthumbnails/34351_1_230.jpeg
http://psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/275_GraphicDesignWeek/typography/Steven_Paul_Jobs_by_dylanroscover.jpg
Text as texture:
http://www.artext.co.uk/images/amazing%20typography%20ideas.jpg
I start to see shapes and forms with the repetition of a letter in different fonts, styles and sizes and colors!
Thumbnail sketch:
Text as texture, clever title I think. And the designs could be done with simple masks too. Sounds like you have a a good list of ideas to choose from.
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