Studio Brief 1: Pictogram development

CHURCH

To create these I used the shapes found in the letters 'ch' these create two curves and one straight line which were nice to play around with. I like the arches as I think they look like the arched windows commonly associated with church windows.


I then extended the arches into more oval shapes and added some dashed lines into it to replicate lines from the cross.




For the collages I wanted replicate the curves from the letter c and h. To do this I cut out circles and used the white space to create the curves. I combined them all with straight lines again to represent the cross and the stem of the h. My favourite one is the top left one as the newspaper reminds me of bible pages or old religious text.

BATTLE/ BRIDGE

For a representation of a battle I wanted something that looked dangerous and disruptive. I drew an X and used the components for this to create other symbols.


I carried on this experiment and added more lines to create more urgency to the designs.

 For the collages I wanted them to represent this triangle shape still but look more rugged. I used red pen to add dashed lines to represent blood often shed in battle. I like the one on the right the most as I think it looks dirty and grainy like you would expect from a battle. The one on the left however would be much easier to use and looks more directional.

MUSEUM

For museum I used a similar method as the others, taking the letter M and creating symbols that use the the stems from this. I think it makes an easy starting point that generates lots of ideas quickly.

I carried on with this idea and liked the ideas I was generating. They remind me of the pictogram i first drew which is an iconic symbol for a museum. The pointed 'V' bits look like a pointed roof.


My favourite collage is the one on the right as the upside down V shapes look like an unusual interpretation of an M. I also think it looks like the pitching of a museum roof.

MEDICAL SCHOOL

For this I googled common symbols associated with a medical school I then altered these and used lines from them to make new designs. I also used the letters MS and intwined them with each other to make more pictograms.
 
I then tried to do a collages which used the lines from the M and the curves from the S. I found these hard to do as the curves of the S were hard to create through collage, as you can see from the bottom image I tried to create  an S using the white space from a  cut out circle. I didn't like using this method for creating pictograms for this certain place therefore I focused on my hand drawn designs more instead.









HIDDEN LIBRARY
 For these designs I used the arches of the windows bellow the library to inspire my design. I think they are a key part of the building even though they don't relate to the library (as this is upstairs). I also did some designs using the 'L' of library but found this difficult to work with.



 For the collage I wanted to represent a person holding their arm out as though they're reading a book as this is a common symbol to represent a library.  I used a combination of collage to get a perfect, texture circle and lines created by pen to be more delicate in juxtaposition with the chunkiness of the circle.