Before starting this project, I did some research both into pictograms and composition.

Pictograms – what are they? A pictogram is a pictorial symbol for a word or a phrase. They are ideograms that convoy their meaning through their pictorial resemblance to a physical object.

So I decided to create my 30 pictograms in a particularly stylised and graphic way, as this is what I saw from research. This is not how I would have drawn them in my own style necessarily, but I wanted to be experimental with my approach and I wanted to fit my research. Also, whilst working ‘The Art of Composition’ project alongside, I decided to keep my linear, graphic style where I have joint up objects by using lines with geometric and abstract shapes.

Using collage to create composition: I had an idea that I could scan in or photograph my 30 images and print them off so I could play about with the size and scale of them easily. Given such a short amount of time to complete a large volume of work, I think visually I rushed it. I worked in a much more graphic style, but this was mostly due to the nature of pictograms when I came to research them.

I think my original 30 pictograms, which I have placed at the front of my sketchbook (and you can see amongst these compositions but are manipulated) are nicely stylised and so therefore, successful, however I don’t think I used them to their best advantage in all compositions.

I decided to use collage because, as noticeable, it has always been something I have enjoyed using as a technique in my work, but I also used it in this case in order to try and create a large amount of compositions more quickly (however it may have actually taken me longer, due to scanning, manipulating, printing,cutting, sticking, drawing)

I decided to use many of my pictograms randomly together within my compositions, where reflecting, I think maybe some look to busy or a bit random, however I just did this to try and include as many as my original 30 pictograms as possible. I think those that use repeats or show a theme work better than those that don’t, and that if I was to change this in the future I could have thought through themes for each composition more carefully.