405 - Study Task 2

For this study task we have to create a pictogram for one of the Olympic campaigns.  I was looking at all the diffrent ways contries have done each pictogram. London used very intriquent lines where as rio took inspiration from there typeface. I chose to do an icon for the London Paralympics, I thought this was be a interesting pictogram to do as they are fairly new within the paralympics only just starting in 2008 with bejing. 

The latest set of pictograms was produced for the rio 2016 olympics, The characters are based on the typography for the Rio games. The typography is inspired by the emblem for the event which takes into consideration of the curves from the Carioca landscape. This takes inspiration from there home land and interlinks even element of the even together smoothly. The fuilidity of the lines are aimed to simulate movement of the athletes in action, The frame are shaped like pebbles and add to the sense of movement in the athletes swell as adapting to the silhouette.

I created a pictogram for London 2012 Paralympics for a wheelchair athlete by using geometric shapes and limited detail to create an easy to understand symbol. The London pictogram's where created with applications in mind so I aimed to create something which can be adapted to a variety of platforms. They created the pictograms with two distinct forms one being a "silhouette" and the other a "dynamic" version which was inspired by the London underground map incorporating lines which extend outward. I chose to create the silhouette form as it is the most diverse allowing it to be adapted to digital use. The London pictograms also have common theme of straight lines placed to create bold geometric shapes, The heads of icons all follow the same pattern of 5 lines I have also incorporated this into my pictogram the head is shaped slightly longer than usual to resemble a helmet.