Illustrated initials

I have decided to base the Illustrated initials on Mario Testino, A fashion photographer. I have chosen a selection of his photographs and masked them so each letter of his name features a different one of his photographs. I have specifically chosen images that are full colour and that feature women. The reason for this is because the use of colour images is consistent and it illustrates the way he works as much of his work is based on iconic women. I have illustrated his full name rather than just his initials as it allows more of his work to feature.

Below I have illustrated only his initials in a slightly different way, using more than one of Mario Testino's images in each letter. I have created these initials using magazine covers Testino has photographed. To make each letter slightly different from the other I have built up the M using magazine covers that feature only women and the T using magazine covers that feature only men. l think this approach works just as well as the other as it creates a more collaged outcome where as the above initials has a more clean cut and professional appearance. However in the initials below the is a lot going on in each letter and it looks overcrowded unless the image is blown up and viewed in a larger format.

MARIO TESTINO

Mario Testino was born in 1954 and came to London in 1976 when he began his photography career. He is best known for photographing celebrities, his use of bright colours, strong advertising campaigns and styled photographs for the couture scene. He has photographed women such as Madonna, Kate Moss and Princess Diana's famous Vanity Fair cover in 1997. Mario Testino is very popular in the fashion industry as he has a great ability to beautifully photograph and sell fashion.