For this study task, we had to create objective symbols of subjective things. We were given a list of words to pick from and we had to create symbols/signs based on a visual representation of this word.
The first word I picked was 'sensuous'. I began by drawing circles - the word sensuous made think of flowing curves, so I used a circle as my restraint - I could only draw circles inside an actual circle itself.
I then used a line as my restraint - I cut multiple pieces of tape at the same length and simply cut into them in an attempt to represent my chosen word.
I explored this idea of restraints further by creating symbols only from circular pieces of tape - I also tried this with rectangles to see how this would compare.
I started to explore with letter forms after deciding the most 'sensuous' letter of the alphabet was an 'S'. I picked a font that I felt matched the word best and then played around with multiple 's' inside a circle to represent a sign.
I also played around with graph paper and how I could represent a sensuous feel whilst being restricted to a grid format. I felt this was less successful as it was hard to demonstrate the word with such sharp and angular forms.
I then looked at the word 'anxiety' or 'anxious' and chose to represent this with sharp, spiky formations. I felt this best represented anxiety as it had a particular unsettled feel. The lack of the flowing curves used for the previous word demonstrated the difference between them.
I also looked at the word 'irritant' and again played around with more sharp, disjointed imagery. I used a brush tool on Illustrator that I felt had a particular 'scratchy' appearance which I think represented the word really well.
Again I explored with letter forms and chose to play around with the letter 'I' to represent irritant. I think an exclamation mark is another good representation of irritants so I also included this within my designs.
Overall I found this task quite difficult as it was really hard to create a visual representation for subjective things. I did enjoy the challenge though and it has certainly taught me more about visual language.
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