Semiotics

 Semiotics

Semiotics is the science of signs. The three categories of semiotics are iconic, indexical, and symbolic. Iconic means that the image looks like what it represents. Indexical means that the image is causal. Symbolic means that an image is representative of something else.

This symbol of the men's restroom is iconic and symbolic because it is iconic of  a man, and is used to represent the men's restroom. The word in the background is "relations" which can mean there are relations that a human may have externally, and internally. Also the colors chosen for this crayon drawing are masculine which goes in hand with the male sign. I wanted the tough texture in a semi-dark color so that it makes the texture apparent.