Saturday, March 5, 2011

Exercise: Symbols

Symbols:

Listing items that can be used to show the following, as you would in advertising :


  • Growth
  • Excess
  • Crime
  • Silence and
  • poverty.


Starting with Growth.   Money used, small change, and then big notes. A seed to a flower.

Or seedling pushing up through the soil. A Child and Adult, stood side by side. Bricks, building a sky scraper. 9 toys side by side .

Excess:
  Over flowing mug. A  jar with to much in, with the a hand trying to push the lid down.  Bath tub over flow, a basket of oranges over flowing, with two or three captured as they fall , blurring the falling one to show movement, . A Over loaded toy car. Money pot over filled. A woman with to much make up, or over dressed. A persons mouth with to much in it. list can go on!

Crime :
A smashed window, a crow bar in a gap of a door or car. Hands round some ones neck.
A knife with blood on it,  A hooded person.  Smoking gun. Hand cuffs . A Justice hammer. Jail bars. Hans holding the bars.  Money and a shot gun opened with spent cartridges, A syringe and burnt sugar on a spoon representing drug taking.

Silence:
As a still life, this one is difficult . Easy to go out and capture Poverty, As its every where.
To show in Illustration as a still life a little harder .  Silence?
Eg
Ear Plugs. A  mouth gagged . A candle resting, burning incense. A Broken deff aid, broken loud speaker. A boot in a loud speaker. Person with finger over lips. Hammer through a radio.
Hands over ears. Volume control set to zero.

Ok Poverty ?
Cupped hand holding rice , Cliche I hate that word, but so true , and so hard to avoid.
Empty wallet , Crumbs and empty cupboard. Cockroach on a plate . Or a rat .

Ol come back to this page later with some photos when I have time.




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