viscom2: documentation of icon project

my icon set that will be submitted for final review.

deciding to switch to a more geometric based set, i found the maturity that i was looking for. after this final critique i was aware of which objects needed change, mostly to ensure cohesion throughout my set.

the first category of icons that i approached to build on was the outline-based icons. upon the feedback that i received from my instructor i decided that my icons had no personality and seemed childish.

once i iterated the objects into there final solid forms (top row) i then altered them to fit into numerous categories such as outline, organic and geometric forms, exaggerated feature and framing.

once i had a general idea of the shapes i wanted to use for each object i then went to the tracing paper to began to iterate each idea.

some of my initial quick sketches that i did to prepare for the creation of my icon set. doing this exercise let me explore the basic contour shapes of my objects, which guided me into my first round revision.

image: proj2

for my photography project i chose randy rhoads, the original guitarist for ozzy. he died in march of '82 in a plane accident. the quote i chose was a quote from rhoads just shortly after auditioning for ozzy in a hotel room.

"i just showed up and did some riffs and he said you got the gig"

the objects that i am photographing to describe rhoads are listed below

1. signature flying-v guitar

2. polka-dot pattern

3. jackson guitar logo

4. guitar knob

type2: change one thing

here are my corrected posters from friday evenings critique.

elements i corrected included the saturation of my image and how i dealt with the placement of my statistic.

after looking my final poster ideas i am already seeing a few things that need to be altered. i also want to look back at a previous idea of having the icon foreground larger and more centered on the page but still at an angle.

pictogram & ionic lion reading

upon reading the article about the pictogram's history i discovered that we are being brought the same problem in class. much like the problem of needing a successful way to communicate transportation signs we are creating a system of icons to communicate a story.

while looking through the sketches and design process of the new NYCL logo i can tell that are process for creating our icons are very similar. they started with a rough black and white depiction and began the long process of iterations. during those iterations they decided to simplify the lion down to organic shapes and place it into a circle to give it a background.

link to PDF

this is how to see my pdf

how to think

i thought this was a great article. from his list i found his ideas about best-practices protocol, documentation and synthesizing new ideas to be the most beneficial to myself. documentation on our blogs is something that is being pushed more this semester; this article is only one more reason why im going to do a better job at documenting my work the rest of my sophmore year.

title ideas & objects

my first tattoo

1. airplane

2. room card

3. surf board

4. palm trees

5. shot glass

6. dinner bill

7. beer bong

8. neon lights

9. photo i.d.

10. coloured ink

11. sharp needles

12. cotton wrap

the tournament

1. alarm clock

2. sweat pants

3. frosted windows

4. digital scale

5. cereal bowl

6. bus ride

7. wrestling shoes

8. scoreboards

9. peanut butter

10. string cheese

11. gold metals

12. bar soap