{"id":208,"date":"2026-01-25T02:37:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T02:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sova.ourcloud.ou.edu\/tarynhall\/?p=208"},"modified":"2026-01-25T02:37:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T02:37:36","slug":"zoological-symbols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sova.ourcloud.ou.edu\/tarynhall\/2026\/01\/25\/zoological-symbols\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoological Symbols"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Zoological Symbols<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The goal of this project was to create a common language between 9 animals featured at the OKC Zoo. Using the symbol system, we were to create a poster for the zoo and a letterform utilizing on animal. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I developed a set of insect symbols and utilized them to create the poster and letterform. This required simplifying the insects silhouette and using common elements between them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Research<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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To gain a better understanding of the insects I was developing a symbol system for, I researched some basic facts for each of them<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wasp<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Habitat<\/strong>: meadows, orchards, woodlands, urban settings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life span<\/strong>: 12-30 days<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diet<\/strong>: Nectar, insects, honey, human food<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Length<\/strong>: 1.5-7.7cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weight<\/strong>: 0.07-0.5g<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Species<\/strong>: 103,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interesting<\/strong> Fact<\/strong>: Are not native to North America.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Habitat<\/strong>: soil, leaf litter, decaying plants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life span<\/strong>: 1-2 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diet<\/strong>: Leaves, fungus, nectar, fruits, vegetables, lizards, amphibians, insect eggs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Length<\/strong>: 0.15-5cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weight<\/strong>: 0.001-0.005g<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Species<\/strong>: 20000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interesting<\/strong> Fact<\/strong>: Breathe through their bodies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Beetle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Habitat<\/strong>: every habitat\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life<\/strong> span<\/strong>: 1-2 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diet<\/strong>: plants, insects, carcasses, pollen, dung<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Length<\/strong>: 0.03-17.78cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weight<\/strong>: 70-100g<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Species<\/strong>: 103,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interesting<\/strong> Fact<\/strong>: they communicate using pheromones, sounds or vibrations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Symbol System<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I was able to create a cohesive symbol system by using a common language between all the different insects while retaining simplicity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Letter Form<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Poster<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The poster went through many variations in my pursuit to create a post to encourage views to visit
the insect exhibits at the OKC Zoo. This process came with changes in color, typography and over
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Final Design<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The purpose of this project was to create a animal symbol system, choosing from a set of animals residing at the OKC Zoo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sova.ourcloud.ou.edu\/tarynhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sova.ourcloud.ou.edu\/tarynhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sova.ourcloud.ou.edu\/tarynhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sova.ourcloud.ou.edu\/tarynhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sova.ourcloud.ou.edu\/tarynhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sova.ourcloud.ou.edu\/tarynhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223,"href":"https:\/\/sova.ourcloud.ou.edu\/tarynhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sova.ourcloud.ou.edu\/tarynhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sova.ourcloud.ou.edu\/tarynhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sova.ourcloud.ou.edu\/tarynhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sova.ourcloud.ou.edu\/tarynhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}