Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Logoglyphs Explained: Bacteriology

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Bacteriology: The study of bacteria, especially in relation to medicine and agriculture.


I used the Version 1 symbols, which I then rounded to look more like, well, bacteria. Or to share the roundness of bacteria. The shapes would look better if I had hand-drawn them; I pretty much automated the process in Adobe Illustrator and settled for the result.

I don't remember how I came up with the color scheme. When using a variety of colors like this, I color the logoglyph the same way one would color a map, using as many colors as necessary to make sure no two adjacent shapes share the same color. This one uses four, plus the background color.

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