How to Make a Spaghetti Dinner Sketch

There are thirteen steps that I outlined in order to make a spaghetti dinner.  Without using words, I visually represented the process of making spaghetti and used arrows to symbolize moving on to the next step.  It was easy for me to convey certain things by using certain colors.  I used the color red a lot to show that something was "hot" or "boiling."  I had a hard time trying to represent waiting for the spaghetti to actually cook, but I realized that a timer would be a perfect way to explain approximately how long it would take to cook.  The final step has lines around it to symbolize "excitement" for the finished product.  I think that I was successful in sketching this process, considering my audience doesn't understand English.  I was able to do this by using universally understood symbols. 

Fertilizer Sketch

 

This sketch is a visual representation of fertilizer instructions.  Without using words, I created instructions using symbols.  The most important symbols for this sketch were the arrows and equal sign to guide the viewer along the proper path for their situation.  I worked on about four drafts before it was finalized.  My biggest "aa-ha" moment was when I realized that it needed to be linear in order to not lose the reader.  I think that the color coding of the yellow boxes make it clear where the ending points are.  I utilized circles to embody elements like dryness, wetness, insects, etc.  The circles represent a close up view of the element.  The arrows suggest "above" and "below" as well as the color red as a symbol for hot and blue as a symbol for cool.  

Collage

This was a rapid exercise in order to see what kind of images grab my attention and how I would organize them.  We had 10 minutes to rip images out of magazines and 10 minutes to arrange them on the poster.  From my collage, I can see a pattern of warm colors in the images (yellow, red, orange).  I also see a linear pattern in the organization of the images.  There are three main lines that are visible as you look at the collage.  The left line is diagonal as the middle and right lines are more vertical.  I think that the collage ended up being well balanced for such a rapid project.  There is an equal amount of images on the right side, left side, top and bottom.  As I dig deeper into the meaning of the collage, I see that it is somewhat of a mind map.  The central image being the person's face with the sunglasses, that says "NEVER HIDE" and all the surrounding images are things that can describe the persons character.  

A major similarity between my interpretation of the collage and those of my classmates, is the linear organization.  A difference is the representation being seen as a mind map with a central image.