illustrator exercise

This is one of the very first things I made in Illustrator. The assignment was meant to familiarize us with the pen tool and basic abilities of Illustrator.

personal geography

The personal geography assignment consists of three maps: artifact, perceptual, and cognitive. My artifact map (top) acts as a basic map of the route I take every morning from my house to school. This map is meant to be labeled and designed well enough so that someone could use this and successfully make it from point a to b. The perceptual map (middle) acts as a sensory guide for the same route as the artifact map. This documents my senses that are experienced and how they vary in intensity over time. The third and final map in this process is my cognitive map (bottom). This represents my thoughts and decisions in symbol form.

symbol methodology

This project walked us through the process of creating a symbol. We first chose a certain industry, for example: agriculture. We then brainstormed at least 100 different words that defined this industry and narrowed them down to the three that we felt were important. Afterwards we went through multiple processes of creating, combining, and iterating images to produce interesting symbols that we would not have imagined originally. I enjoyed this project because I learned that good design ideas don't always come immediately and that sometimes certain processes can help your creativity when it's not at its peak.