This is the third map for the Personal Geography Project. It’s about the decisions I take on how to spend a regular weekend. It shows the questions I ask myself and the yes or no answers that lead to various actions. Out of all the maps, this is the one I am least satisfied with in terms of design and organization. Although I tried various ways to organize the symbols and connect them, I think the end result still looks cluttered which makes it confusing to follow.
This is the second map for the Personal Geography Project created in Illustrator. This map shows a meal consisting of a tuna sandwich with a soda and Doritos and how I perceive it through the 5 senses as well as the sub senses’ different intensity levels. In my perceptual map I tried to show as many of these sub-senses as I could such as the crunchiness, the spiciness and the temperature among others so that the experience of eating this meal could be felt at its fullest. I am not entirely satisfied with the final product because I feel like I paid too much attention to making the symbols that I forgot about the big picture of how these were all displayed.
The Artifact Map is the first map for the Personal Geography Project and it was done in Illustrator. My map shows the route I take from my house to the University. Since my route is basically a straight line I focused on certain stores and movie theaters that I use as landmarks. The map is pretty simple because, since I’m not the one driving, I’m not paying a lot of attention to what I’m passing by. I am not entirely satisfied with the end result because I think there could have been other types of landmarks I could have included to add more depth.
Phase 1: Brainstorming Phase
After brainstorming for the main topic, I brainstormed for the subtopics and their attributes.
Phase 2: Creating Symbols for the Topics.
Three of the symbols were photo traced, three were hand drawn and three were abstract.
Phase 3: Using the matrix to create symbols
In this phase we used the matrix to create 12 hybrid symbols from the initial 9 symbols we had. We combined photo with hand drawn, photo with abstract, hand drawn with with abstract, and all three for each category. These were the sketches I made to help me decide which ones to combine.
Phase 3 continued: 12 Hybrid Symbols by Using the Matrix
After the sketching previously done, I drew the 12 new hybrid symbols. In class we had a critique where they provided feedback on the ones that they felt were the strongest and they recommended I simplified the strings on the guitars, the details on the dresses and the features on the face with the violin. the This helped me choose 3 out of these for the next stage.
Phase 4: Vectorized Artwork in Illustrator
We turned the three chosen symbols from the last phase into vector artwork.We had another in class critique where we received feedback on how to make each symbol better in craft and overall design by simplifying, scaling and changing stroke weight.
Phase 5: Iteration Process
In this phase, we generated many iterations from each of the three symbols and then chose three for each symbol.
Phase 5 continued: The 3 Iterations for Each Symbol
After generating many variations, these were the three that I chose for each symbol. In the class critique, we voted on which one out of the three in each category we thought was the best. I chose one from each section to polish and use for the final.
Final Phase: The Final Product
This is the final product for this project. The final three symbols from the previous stage were polished and made into one final product.
This assignment was about tracing a duck image in illustrator by using the pen tool to create the different shapes and then filling them in.