Considerations for 9-16

09  must convey a specific meaning (a behavioral characteristic)

• avid hunter (muskrats, rabbits, mice, snakes, etc...)
• kills prey by biting it on the neck
• stores extra food in den
• carnivore
• good swimmer
• makes purring sound when happy
• very territorial
• males will fight other minks who invade territory
• does not stay in the same den for long

10  must express the texture of your thing

• super soft!!
• sharp, tiny teeth

11  hybrid (two or more designs cut and pasted into a new form)

• combine rose petals and calligraphy
• use pose of graphical mink (second from top, far left) with different styles

12  must explore making marks on “another surface”

• fur
• carpet
• hair
• wrinkled clothes
• wet towel

13 icon of your animal (think stereotype and cultural references)

• mink fur coat
• diamonds
• rich
• bred
• mink farms
• sign of wealth (through the ages)
• used in paintings
• soft

14 index of your animal (think of an insiring word: tall, long, wide)

• soft
• long
• fast
• fierce
• small

15 radical an extreme abstraction of your animal

• make tail super long
• elongate face
• extra long/curly/soft fur
• tiny legs

16  must be entirely typographic
     (use a word that sums up your animal, real or made-up)

• soft
• rich
• fierce
• long
• fast
• tiny
• fur
• wealth
• coats
• territorial