meaning of my symbols

July 23, 2008

Tree without leaves
Means: the loss of forests due to the global warming. The trunk without leave symbolize about deforestation because of revolution in developmental industry. Without trees the temperature in the atmosphere will increase.
Color: brown is the original color for the trunk.

Factory
Symbolize bout innovation and industrial progress nowadays. With all this industrial progress would end up changing the natural pattern of our climate.
Color: grey is the color of metal and its synonym to the factory.

World map
Represent the world and all the residents.
Color: light brown mix with yellow is the color for land of the earth.

Roots
The roots cover the heart and the map means this deforestation were not take place in certain area only but also all over the world.

Heart
Heart represent to all people that did not care about what they already done to the world. All the revolution and innovation progress came from human mind. The heartless people have to realize what they had done and become more aware about global warming.
Color: red is heart color

assigment 1

July 18, 2008

another symbol for

there are different logo dat i created...i'll try my best to do this..bcoz i dun have any xperience with illustrator so this is only dat i can do...
















p/s: looking to my sketch...theres a little bit difference..i think its ok rite to have slightly difference from the sketch????

how did i draw my symbols

July 17, 2008

almost in my symbol i'm using pen tools.
for the 1st step i draw heart shape


to fill in the color and want it become likes 3rd object i used the gradient mesh. i used gradient tool to adjust the gradient mesh inside it.


after i created the heart shape, i draw the tree trunk...also using pen tool.



to draw the trunk looks likes have shadow i just used brush to create it and put it at the left side of the trunk


for the factory i just using a square shape and the smoke i used brush




finally i just trace the map using pencil tool and edit it into the heart shape



DONE!!


Assignment 1 presentation

reference

reference...??
i dont know where did i get an idea for my sketch. i think i just get that idea when i chit chat with umi during class. hehe sorry dr neo....i just steal a little bit of attention during ur class. but i do look some of the picture to draw things in my sketch...here they are



tree trunk


heart


roots

my sketch

July 16, 2008

i have to sketch before i draw into illustrator..my 1st sketch have been rejected by mdm ling...wahuauaahuaaa...and this is my second sketch hope this will approve

research....how im gonna generate idea from this???

July 14, 2008



Deforestation is the permanent destruction of indigenous forests and woodlands. The term does not include the removal of industrial forests such as plantations of gums or pines. Deforestation has resulted in the reduction of indigenous forests to four-fifths of their pre-agricultural area. Indigenous forests now cover 21% of the earth's land surface.


WHAT ARE FORESTS AND WOODLANDS?
In a forest the crowns of individual trees touch to form a single canopy. In a woodland, trees grow far apart, so that the canopy is open.


GOING, GOING GONE!
Of great concern is the rate at which deforestation is occurring. Currently, 12 million hectares of forests are cleared annually - an area 1,3 times the size of KwaZulu/Natal! Almost all of this deforestation occurs in the moist forests and open woodlands of the tropics. At this rate all moist tropical forest could be lost by the year 2050, except for isolated areas in Amazonia, the Zaire basin, as well as a few protected areas within reserves and parks. Some countries such as Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Costa Rica, and Sri Lanka are likely to lose all their tropical forests by the year 2010 if no conservation steps are taken.


HOW DOES IT HAPPEN?
Deforestation is brought about by the following:

* conversion of forests and woodlands to agricultural land to feed growing numbers of people;

* development of cash crops and cattle ranching, both of which earn money for tropical countries;

* commercial logging (which supplies the world market with woods such as meranti, teak, mahogany and ebony) destroys trees as well as opening up forests for agriculture;

* felling of trees for firewood and building material; the heavy lopping of foliage for fodder; and heavy browsing of saplings by domestic animals like goats.

To compound the problem, the poor soils of the humid tropics do not support agriculture for long. Thus people are often forced to move on and clear more forests in order to maintain production.


CONSEQUENCES OF DEFORESTATION
* Alteration of local and global climates through disruption of:

a) The carbon cycle. Forests act as a major carbon store because carbon dioxide (CO2) is taken up from the atmosphere and used to produce the carbohydrates, fats, and proteins that make up the tree. When forests are cleared, and the trees are either burnt or rot, this carbon is released as CO2. This leads to an increase in the atmospheric CO2 concentration. CO2 is the major contributor to the greenhouse effect. It is estimated that deforestation contributes one-third of all CO2 releases caused by people.

b) The water cycle. Trees draw ground water up through their roots and release it into the atmosphere (transpiration). In Amazonia over half of all the water circulating through the region's ecosystem remains within the plants. With removal of part of the forest, the region cannot hold as much water. The effect of this could be a drier climate.

* Soil erosion With the loss of a protective cover of vegetation more soil is lost.

* Silting of water courses, lakes and dams This occurs as a result of soil erosion.

* Extinction of species which depend on the forest for survival. Forests contain more than half of all species on our planet - as the habitat of these species is destroyed, so the number of species declines (see Enviro Facts "Biodiversity").

* Desertification The causes of desertification are complex, but deforestation is one of the contributing factors (see Enviro Facts "Desertification")