GORILLA?

penguin?

illustrations

symbols

TOILET SIGNS

found these thought they were cool

have been trying to create raised features to add to the map....what do you think of these? how do you think we should move forward with this map?? I have thought about having a flat map with just this part of the symbols raised up, or do we want a lil bit of each raised, or some form of wall holding the symbols instead?

Animal Icons

Here's what me and filipe were thinking of, but maybe with a style more like Alanas icons. But i think the idea of sizing the animals and placing them in places they could be, (e.g spiders on the top of the box upside down, birds in the middle flying) really adds something to the icons and makes them more fun for the children.

MAP

love the map, we need to sort out a typeface and also a little mock up of some of the wayfinding for thurs?

This is the progress of the map so far...all suggestions welcome. I was thinking of adding the symbols to the grey areas which represent the enclosures and main buildings. I tried a version without grass and a few coloured versions but I feel so far the main image works best...any ideas?

wow those symbols look great, maybe even in the style of those odd signs you have found, the lighting around those would look great. Even text simply cut out of a sheet with writing cut out would look great with some back lighting. Maybe a metal sheet would work just as well as concrete but in a more modern slant? i'll try to add an example of what I mean...

Relevant?

I saw this, and remembered what the lady from the Science museum said about having 2 materials touching, and how it's best to have them slightly raised with a shadow.

Just thought this could be really nice for parts where embossing/debossing isn't possible.

Not sure what they mean though.



People buy luggage?

Some relevant links

Idea

I think Alanas icons look really good! Much better than what i was working on anyway!\



Me and Filipe had this idea of doing the icons a bit like this

snakes... hmm

having real trouble trying to make a snake look friendly and do it in the style of the others, any input woud be great, sketches etc. it just looks bloody scary!!

MORE

need some help with the bird, it just looks like a chicken to me

ALL SO FAR

What do you guys think? Spent ages doing the elephant, only to remember they dont have any :(

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LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS... OH MY!

Well no bear yet... lol

Animals

Here's some models my dad did for Tomy, as a children's safety alarm thing (basically if they run away too far the alarm goes off or something like that) Thought the illustration was relevant. The models are made of chemical wood and spray painted. So we dont just have to use clay to achieve an effect. Painted MDF layers maybe could be used to create a false emboss/deboss? I noticed at the dana gallery they had just stuck on wood, and coated it in plaster, to create a deboss/emboss effect.

MONKEY?