The fist problem I worked on was the wet floors in the market. I want a sign to tell people to be aware of the wet floors and to try and avoid walking over them.
I made many sketches some showing a figure slipping, some showing just a close up of the feet of the figure slipping and some showing a figure walking around the wet floor to avoid it.
I decided to take my sketches of the full figure slipping further into development:
After this detailed sketch I decided to see how the image would communicate if I simplified it:
I felt the above simplified sketch was not as effective as the first detailed sketch so I went back to it and developed it a little further. I added more detail, the wet floor under the figures feet and the motion marks by one of the figures feet to show that it is moving:
After that I started experimenting with filling in the positive and negative spaces and balancing out the image:
Ameera,
ReplyDeleteLast class you were at this step and we discuss how you could experiment different models of abstraction and compare which works best (full/empty- stroke/fill etc) please try more before you decide that that is your last of the series. Again looking at your moodboard will help a lot. What feel do you want your icon to carry (organic /geometric etc... ) a mood which of course should be inspired from your moodboard. Don't forget you are making an icon for a fruit market so it should be a distinctive one in relation to your space. When you elaborate this icon according to all those steps and givens and you are satisfied with its communicative outcomes (test it with classmates- see if it works in context) you can start with a second one from the series.
Thanks,
Maya