From beginning to end, I thoroughly enjoyed creating a system of pictograms for the wizarding world of Harry Potter. I started off by creating 3 separate subcategories of common icons from the world that then inspired ideas for the shapes I built. I wanted to represent a variety of icons that would communicate ideas about this world like broomsticks, wands, books, and owls. I made a key to go along with the three shapes I chose- circle, square, and triangle- to represent different meanings. When I finished my set I then created mock-ups to showcase how my pictograms would be seen living in the wizarding world.

Photoshop and Illustrator

…was thinking like an individual who lives inside the Harry Potter universe and the iconographic elements that they would interact with.