Christy's Symbol Practice

Here is what I came up with for the symbol assignment. I wanted to start with a picture that interested and inspired me, and I have always loved trees. I pulled the photo from Google (https://www.pinterest.com/lnadal56/5th-grade-winter-trees/), then I did the illustration by hand. I am often faster at sketching out ideas with a pen/pencil and paper than constructing them in the computer. I re-familiarized myself with Sumopaint to create the image-related silhouette, and the further simplified concept-related image. I pulled the arbitrary symbol--a leaf--from Google (http://clipart.heavtryq.com/flower-clipart-viewclip-images-722-Black-Leaf-with-White-Background). The leaf was meaningful to me because deciduous trees like the one I used produce leaves like this...rather than pine needles as evergreens have.