I then decided to digitise some of them, to see if they could be vectored effectively and clearly:
I began to re-create the diagram I had sketched out through idea development. I sheared the pistol shape, cleaned the edges and rounded the corners before converting it to a stroke. Both the human rights and the knife and fork icons, researched here, use iconography that doesn't connect up - but still manages to convey an idea and visual recognisability.
I like the idea of one-line icons, it promotes simplicity and can also encourage viewers to try and replicate them through hand-drawn methods. The only issue that arises is visual accuracy - the main aim for icons is to communicate an idea clearly - are these icons ticking that box?
Below is a mini-set that all reflect on the genre, the red being my initial take on the icon to represent the whole category - an exclamation mark that provokes attention:
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