So! here's my final pictogram. i think it'll be great to have it in the library. where we think that only nus students are around. BUT NOOOOO. a lot of people have lost their laptops there!!! so this would serve as a reminder to NEVER leave ur laptop unattended! even when you think it's 'safe'.

it can also be put in the canteen - i think that's the next common place.
and other benches and rooms around school that are not under surveillance.


omg this assignment totally FORCED me to improve my tracing skills! traced every single thing - even the little keys of the macbook. but i think the effort paid off as i am quite satisfied with this one. especially from the original photo to the 1 step of abstraction. i had to tweak the angle of the right side of the laptop and table a bit in order to have a sensible tracing, if not it would just look distorted.

as i went along, i took out unnecessary details like the tshirt, table, etc. the last stage of abstraction was super abstract - too abstract cuz the mask and the rectangles were literally only representations and would only be understood if put into context. so i chose the second last one which is abstract enough but clear enough as well.



An issue i thought was very serious in NUS was that of laptop thefts. 2 of my friends already kena-ed this and i think we as students and owners of laptops should take precautionary measures. sometimes it seems like it's safe but we never know who's lurking around and who's the thief.