Update on Assignment 1

I had some thoughts about the first assignment after the presentation in class. The assignment requires you to design your name in such a way that it shows, or is representative of what you like or hate. The issue brought up in class was that many people had pictures incorporated into their designs and the pictures are necessary in order to depict the whole picture. In other words, if the picture is removed from the sketch, the name alone would not imply nor symbolise anything.

This issue only dawned on me when I attempted to improve on my first assignment. I decided to shelve my Adidas and running designs and come up with 2 new ones depicting my hate for mosquitoes. Here they are:

The first sketch shows an insecticide aerosol spraying can with my name as the killing or exterminating element that would kill the mosquito. To depict my hatred for mozzies, I inserted arrow heads into the design of my name. The arrows are also positioned facing the insect, and the lines following the arrowhead indicate swift movement towards it. Besides being portrayed as deadly, the arrowheads also brings about the notion of the devil. In this context, my name is the devil to be feared, for I am out to destroy the insect. To show that the mosquito had succumbed to my arrows, I drew circles to signify it as suffering from dizzy spells about to knock it out.

My second sketch is also a pictorial of how I hate mosquitoes. In this context, my name is the burning element that is burning the insect to death. In other words, the flames are feeding off my name to bring about the combustion that is burning the pest. To further enforce the message that I hate mosquitoes, a circle with a line across it is inserted. This sign is used universally to show a "No" Message. For example, a circle with a dash and a cigarette means "No Smoking."

* A lesson learnt is that when one uses complex and intricate drawings, one may face difficulties in transferring them into computer graphic files or prototypes, for small and fine details are very tedious and difficult to show.

In this case, the insect will prove to be a daunting task to reproduce using computer software.