In this project, I tried to visualize my favorite quotes, which is 'It's all about perspective'.

I would like to be reminded everyday that life is just all about perspective, that's why it's important to keep an open eye, so that I can see things from different perspective. I would like it to be put on my working desk, as, obviously, that's one place where I need to clear my perspective at.

So, I tried to breakdown what perspective related to, which I came to: Eyes, Perspective Lines, and Prism. From there I tried to sketch the idea out.

1. First Sketch Motivational Icon - image 1 - student project

My first sketch depict a pair of eyes, one with horse blinders, as Indonesian parents always said, 'You always have to keep an open eyes, do not walk around like you are wearing a horse blinders'. I quite like how it look, but I don't think it is literal enough. Also, I am not quite sure about the horse blinders. That's why I decided to move on into my second sketch.

2. Second Sketch

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In the second sketch I tried to incorporate a prism for it's ability to refracts light, but I don't think it represent the quotes enough, so I moved on to sketch three.

3. Third Sketch

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In the third sketch, I tried to incorporate the 'Perspective Lines' that is usually used in creating a perspective drawing. But I don't get the feeling, so I moved to the fourth sketch.

4. Fourth Sketch

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Here, I tried to incorporate all elements, the eye, prism and perspective lines. But... It looks kind of like the illuminati symbol(?). For it's ambiguity, I moved on to the fifth sketch.

5. Fifth Sketch

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Here, I tried to incorporate a figure/person to create the perspective effect. I don't know why but I feel the figure on the right looks like it's shooting a laser to the figure on the left side, so I tried to picture it differently in the sixth sketch.

6. Sixth Sketch

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This is my sixth sketch, I tried changing the figure with an eye. And I think it works. So I moved to the refining steps.

Refined Sketch

This is how the refined sketch looks like... Motivational Icon - image 7 - student project

Final Icon

And this is how the final icon looks like.

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It's not perfect and there are still a lot of room for improvement. So, please do let me know if you have any feedback on my work.

Thank you!

Agap

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