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"TURTLE TRAVELS" EXHIBIT, ECOTARIUM MUSEUM, LATE WINTER 2005
To create the graphics for this exhibit's game-piece floor tiles, I illustrated path and grass squares, trees, and turtle tracks which were then photoshopped to create each individual floor tile. There were also a few unique tiles which included a suburban development and "turtle town," extra graphic elements including "Start," "Finish" and "Detour" signs and fonts, interactive component backgrounds, and illustrated "cultural stories."
Watch a short video of the exhibit!
To create the graphics for this exhibit's game-piece floor tiles, I illustrated path and grass squares, trees, and turtle tracks which were then photoshopped to create each individual floor tile. There were also a few unique tiles which included a suburban development and "turtle town," extra graphic elements including "Start," "Finish" and "Detour" signs and fonts, interactive component backgrounds, and illustrated "cultural stories."
Watch a short video of the exhibit!
Animal Crossing Interactive
As I was still interning for exhibit design while "Turtle Travels" was in its conceptual phase, I was given the opportunity to create this interactive for the museum. The idea is based on actual animal crossings that are in place on various roads and highways in this country. Participants were able to move several animal figures (salmon, salamander, wolf, deer, turtle, etc) on tracks and try to determine which crossing would best suit it's size, habitat, and preferences. Hints were given under "road crossing" signs depicting each particular animal in silhouette. Based on my very unbiased opinion, it was the most popular interactive in the exhibit.
As I was still interning for exhibit design while "Turtle Travels" was in its conceptual phase, I was given the opportunity to create this interactive for the museum. The idea is based on actual animal crossings that are in place on various roads and highways in this country. Participants were able to move several animal figures (salmon, salamander, wolf, deer, turtle, etc) on tracks and try to determine which crossing would best suit it's size, habitat, and preferences. Hints were given under "road crossing" signs depicting each particular animal in silhouette. Based on my very unbiased opinion, it was the most popular interactive in the exhibit.
TURTLE EXHIBIT CULTURAL STORY ILLUSTRATIONS
The Earth on Turtle’s Back
Native American creation story
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Turtle Returns the Gift
A traditional Japanese story
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Anansi and Turtle
A Yoruba tale
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The Tortoise & the Egrets
Tibetan Story
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Tortoise shell calendar
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This is my favorite piece in the Cultural Stories series. In this illustration I incorporated several key elements of the story, moon cycle phenomena, and Native American symbolism. The spotted turtle rests upon a traditional medicine wheel depicting the four seasons, each with their corresponding colors and directionality (North, South, East and West). The adjacent four trees also correspond with the seasons, while the outer ring around the medicine wheel depicts the flowing tides, a force of nature which is directly influenced by our moon's cycle. On both the outer edge of the illustration and the outer plates of the turtle one can see depicted the full 28-day cycle of the moon. On the inner plates of the turtle's back, the spots are in a configuration of 1-13, each symbolizing one of the thirteen moons of the year.
The Earth on Turtle’s Back
Native American creation story
Click on image to see detail
Turtle Returns the Gift
A traditional Japanese story
Click on image to see detail
Anansi and Turtle
A Yoruba tale
Click on image to see detail
The Tortoise & the Egrets
Tibetan Story
Click on image to see detail
Tortoise shell calendar
Click on image to see detail
This is my favorite piece in the Cultural Stories series. In this illustration I incorporated several key elements of the story, moon cycle phenomena, and Native American symbolism. The spotted turtle rests upon a traditional medicine wheel depicting the four seasons, each with their corresponding colors and directionality (North, South, East and West). The adjacent four trees also correspond with the seasons, while the outer ring around the medicine wheel depicts the flowing tides, a force of nature which is directly influenced by our moon's cycle. On both the outer edge of the illustration and the outer plates of the turtle one can see depicted the full 28-day cycle of the moon. On the inner plates of the turtle's back, the spots are in a configuration of 1-13, each symbolizing one of the thirteen moons of the year.
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"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."
( Albert Einstein - The Merging of Spirit and Science)
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."
( Albert Einstein - The Merging of Spirit and Science)
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