Yewon Shin created symbols of New York wildlife by incorporating the shapes of New York City's boroughs into animal forms. She experimented with placing the irregular, organic shapes of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island in positions that completed the essential characteristics of each animal while clearly representing what species they were. Her style uses recognizable shapes that viewers will either immediately identify as being New York boroughs or will continue examining until they determine the connection.

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Part 5- Final Symbols

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Part 4- Symbols
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New York Wildlife
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Part 3- Degrees of Iconocity

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Part 2- Exploration

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Part 1- Data

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Other sketches or symbols

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My concept for this project was originally including a simple element, such as a slice of pizza, next to every animal
rather than expressing the features of New York within the forms of the animals. I began to think that this idea was
not strong enough and so I started experimenting with different shapes and patterns to complete the forms. This led
me to draw shapes of boroughs of New York, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, and Staten Island. I put the most
effort in trying to place the boroughs in the right positions but at the same time making sure that they complete the
essential parts and characters of each individual animal to clearly reveal they are what they are. My style is very easy to
decipher; since the shapes of the boroughs I used are irregular and organic shapes, viewers will either recognize that it
is New York or keep trying to figure out what they are until they do.
Yewon Shin
Paragraph About My Style