ANIMALS / SYMBOLISM ETHAN SCHREIBER
ALEX ANDERSON | VISC 204 | 2021
PROJECT DESCRIPTION “A symbol is a mark, sign, or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, or relationship. Symbols allow people to go beyond what is known or seen by creating linkages between otherwise very different concepts and experiences.” Using 11 prompt categories, create a set of sketches and vectors representing an animal of your choice. These symbols will be refined and a compliation of the best symbols from each category will be used to create an 18”x24” poster. My choice: Chickens.
REFERENCE PHOTOS
RESEARCH WORDS VISUALLY
Short Ugly Feathered Chunky Winged Colorful Smooth Bug Eyed Patterned Fluffy Shiny Scaly Plump Beaked Sharp Layered Brown White Aerodynamic Fat Curvy Round Flightless Cute Fuzzy Pointy Wattle Chicken legs Puffed Combs Small Cute Light Sleek Angled Clumsy Vibrant Red Spotted Shimmery Muted Neutral Arched
Striped Claw Footed Speckled Silky Spangled Squat Wide
EMOTIONALLY Frightening Violent Stoic Angry Sensitive Strong Bold Mean Aggressive Feisty Stubborn Caring Nice Loving Motherly Rude Greedy Possessive Jealous Needy Cold Friendly Calm Docile Tame Exciting Lively Unruly Uncontrollable Stupid Fearful Unsettling Pompous Airheaded Pretentious
Excitable Scared Nervous Tender Devoted Affectionate Comforting Belligerent Combative Macho Meek Happy Entranced Zealous Tranquil
WHAT PEOPLE ENVISION Food Farm Eggs Loud Crowing Nest Nuggets Talons Flightless Cluck Frightened Evolution Dinosaur Cage Henhouse Mother Feed Wings Dinner Chick-fil-a Claws Alarm clock Afraid Bones Poultry
SKETCHES Using the 11 prompt categories, create 30 sketches for each category that represent your animal.
GEOMETRIC SKETCHES
MINIMAL SKETCHES
ONE LINE SKETCHES
TYPOGRAPHIC SKETCHES
BEHAVIORAL SKETCHES
TEXTURAL SKETCHES
ABSTRACT SKETCHES
MOVEMENT SKETCHES
CREST/BADGE SKETCHES
HABITAT SKETCHES
CULTURAL SKETCHES
VECTORING Move your five best sketches from each set of prompts into Adobe Illustrator.
FIRST VECTORS
MINIMAL
MINIMAL
MINIMAL
MINIMAL
MINIMAL
GEOMETRY
GEOMETRY
GEOMETRY
GEOMETRY
GEOMETRY
ONE LINE
ONE LINE
ONE LINE
TYPE
TYPE
BEHAVIOR
BEHAVIOR
TEXTURAL
TEXTURAL
TEXTURAL
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT
MOVEMENT
CREST
CREST
HABITAT
HABITAT
HABITAT
CULTURAL
CULTURAL
CULTURAL
CULTURAL
CULTURAL
REFINED VECTORS
FINAL POSTER Using the best vectored symbol from each category, plus one extra, create an 18”x24” poster that shows your symbols at both large and small scales.
POSTER DRAFTS
FINAL POSTER ESchreiber_KU_2021_VISC204_ANIMALS.pdf
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12 CHICKENS HAVE GREAT MEMORIES & CAN RECOGNIZE OVER 100 FACES