Environmental Cause Symbol

I was given a task to create 3 draft symbols that represented the recycling. It needed to be easily understandable and serve the purpose of welcoming people to recycle. I chose the most suitable and simple ones out of my 9 hand drawn sketches.

It needed to be easily understandable by all culture as the main idea came from the commonly used basic Recycling symbol with 3 twisted bent arrows pointing after each another in a triangle. I adopted the basics and created a more simple but strong one.

Inspired by existing recycle symbol.

In class exerise 3- Road Sign

I was quite confused at first when I received this task and did not know that all of them had to share a common style. Upon looking at few examples of my classmates’ work, I was then able to start working.

I tried so many times to keep the consistency of the style. Eventually, I chose the stick man as it was well recognized by everyone.

Research Topic 2- Superstitions and Beliefs

1. The four-leaf clover brings good luck to their finders, especially if found accidentally. According to legend, each leaf represents something: hope, faith, love, and luck.

2. Friday the 13th occurs when the thirteenth day of a month happens to be on a Friday, which superstition holds it as a day of bad luck.

3. The fear of number 4.  The pronunciation of that number in Korea, Japan, East-Asian and some Southeast-Asian countries, is similar to “death”. They commonly try to avoid the use of that number in their lifestyles. Buildings, floors, elevator buttons, Etc...

4. Cutting your nails in the night is a not good habit in some Indian cultures, because they believe that evil will follow you.

5. If you can blow out all the candles on your birthday cake in the first breath, you will get whatever you wish for in the future.

Our tribe name is- 3 Hands

Tribe Name: 3 Hands

Tribe Members: Ariuna, Joyce, Joon

We were given an assignment to create a symbol for our group that symbolized our character as a whole. With our group name being “Three hands” we decided to make our symbol specifically relevant to the name. 

The first experiment, I made 3 draft versions of the symbol which felt was too complex and hard to understand.

Therefore, I came to a decision to make the symbol that showed just one hand with 3 fingers up. I am glad that everyone was happy with the symbol that I have created and we agreed to use it as our main symbol.

Research Topic 1- Group Identifiers

1. Harajuku people

They are easy to be identified by their unique style. Harajuku young people dress in variety of styles including gothic lolita, visual kei, and decora, as well as cosplayers. 

2. Bloods (street gang)

They are identified by the red color worn by their members and various hand signs. They were formed to compete against Crips gang.

    Crips (street gang)

Identified by their blue color use and different hand signs. It has a long history of rivalry against the Bloods Gang.

3. Islamic people 

People within the religion of Islam. Hijab identifies them, which both male and female wears and behave modestly.

4. Backpackers 

A traveller whose luggage consists of a backpack and stays at inexpensive places, such as a hostels. In Kings Cross, you would actually find them more often, because there are lots of backpacker’s accommodation.

5. Married people

Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is easy to identify married people by their wedding rings.

In class exercise 2- Tangram

The tangram is a dissected puzzle consisting of seven flat shapes, called tans, which are put together to form unique and interesting shapes. 

I have experimented by positioning each shape in different places where none intersected or overlapped each other. After a couple of tries I was able to come up with 6 different shapes of lifelike figures.

In this task, I’ve done:

1. A Face – like a portrait of a person

2. A Vehicle – like a boat

3. An Animal – like a fish

4. A Flower or Tree – like a palm tree

5. A Moving Figure – like a dancer

6. A Household Appliance – like a tea pot

In class exercise 1- Humpty Dumpty

This Humpty Dumpty exercise really helped me understanding how a simple symbol can deliver the preferred message to the audience. By using and implementing a few original elements, I was able to create and tell a good Humpty Dumpty story which was easily understandable.