Typography is used to create the antihero Deadpool’s head in this piece. It uses different size, color, angle and alignment of letters to create the shape of his head, giving emphasis on words that are more prominent to his personality and fictional life. The word “Deadpool” on the back of his head functions as a line, being one of the largest words to give emphasis to the fact that this is Deadpool. The words mutant and funny, being the largest words on his head serve as the line of the top of his head. Both of these are the biggest words because he is a mutant superhero and has a large sense of humor. The rest of the red words on his head serve as filler space, randomly assorted and serving as a plane surface while still giving texture with changes in direction of words as well as slight adjustments in red color tone. The largest word in black, “Killer” serves as a line leading to the crown of his forehead angling downwards sharply to show anger in the picture without having physical dialogue from the character. The use of no typography in his eye serves a focal point in the piece, a plane with only slight detail as opposed to the rest of his head that seems almost cluttered with text. The grey fade to black on the right side of the piece serves as another plane, a blank face used in the picture to show Deadpool’s unknown future due to the character’s wild actions. The contrast of his white eye to the dark background draws the eye to his, creating the center of attention for the viewer. As well as drawing attention it creates a balance between the near chaos of the typography in used to make up his head compared to the plain background.
About rakotadice
My name is Dakota Rice, I am from Bainbridge Island Washington and am currently attending Washington State University where I plan to graduate in May 2017 and later on attend law school. I am very passionate about music and have been playing guitar and the drums since I was in middle school. More specifically I am very passionate about rock and heavy metal music. I have a very diverse set of sub genres within those genres that I enjoy and play along with on the drums and guitar. I'm a very active person and enjoy weight lifting and playing intramural soccer and football on my fraternity's teams for the university. I also am an avid all mountain skier, that which I having doing since I was four years old.
I grew up on Bainbridge Island with my parents, younger sister and a variety of cats, dogs and fish over the years. I attended Bainbridge High School and graduated in 2013. I spent my summers hanging out with my friends and working for MRJ Constructors and Meadowmeer Golf Course, and in the winter I went skiing as much as every weekend, going up to Whistler for a few days or just going to Crystal mountain for the day. During my highschool career I played football and lacrosse, lettering my sophomore, junior and senior years in both. I planned on playing for the Washington State lacrosse team here in Pullman but I can’t afford the extra two grand it costs to play. My junior year of highschool I decided to join a rec soccer team picking it back up again after quitting to play football in eighth grade. I played on that rec team my junior and senior years and that is what motivated me to join my fraternity’s intramural soccer team.
Last year I pledged and was initiated into the fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta, also known as Fiji. I summer signed the chapter and was able to move directly into the house my freshmen year. Joining this fraternity was without a doubt one of the best decisions I’ve ever made, and I have made some really good friends through this house.
I am very big music fan, specifically different genres of heavy metal ranging from hair metal to extreme metals. I play both guitar and the drums, more so the drums which I am very passionate about. Playing along to a good metal song has to be one of my favorite pastimes. Last year being away from my drum kit for months on end while at school was almost unbearable and so this year I bought an electric drumset to keep myself occupied. I played in a few bands during high school including LRGB and Cloud Nine, both of which being rock groups. Playing in those bands was a very fun experience but tastes in music eventually were the downfall of both. My dream job is playing drums in band and touring around the world though, even if it meant I only made enough to get by, drumming around the world and skiing foreign mountains while on tour is my dream.
Kristin Becker's DTC Classes at WSU 
