PALIN MITENK BLOG

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Relevant words: This image of Prince William and Kate Middleton is composed of hundreds of thousands of the most relevant search terms to their engagement announcement


Everyone knows the well-worn saying about pictures and words.

But a Spanish artist has turned that concept on its head with these images which each contain up to 200,000 words of varying lengths, heights and colours.

They are so detailed that from afar, each simply looks like a picture But on closer inspection hundreds of thousands of words can be seen making up every minute detail.



Tourist town: This image shows Tower Bridge in London through words related to tourist attractions in the town such as 'museum' and 'palace'


Amateur Spanish artist Juan Osborne, who scours speeches, lyrics and books for the words used, creates the masterpieces dubbed word art.

His works include a Barack Obama made from 100 speeches the President made before his election and a dancing Michael Jackson, crafted out of 4,000 comments people left after his sudden death.

Each one is painstakingly pieced together using home made software designed by Juan on his laptop - which he takes with him everywhere.

He creates the images in coffee shops, on trains, in dentist waiting rooms and even on the sly at work.


A life in words: Images of Albert Einstein, left, and Marilyn Monroe made up of hundreds of thousands of words


He added: 'People are surprised when I tell them that my work is created using a standard netbook and software that I built myself - which is very basic.

'There are no limits to creativity - if I need something or think of a new way to make something I just create a new application to do it. I feel free without the need for commercial software.'

The 40-year-old, from Madrid, stumbled across his new found talent while working at an architectural firm in 2009.

He has since created more than 500 word art images in his spare time.

And Juan has revealed that he now plans to create a colossal super picture consisting of one million words.

He said: 'My biggest one so far was a mere half a million words, but I want to go one better - half a million better.

'The only problem I have is finding somewhere to print a picture that big.'


Online words: This interpretation of the The Scream by Edvard Munch is made from words from his Wikipedia article

source: dailymail