My Map Illustration Woes :(

I was super excited about my idea for project one.  I was going to (and started to) design my map to look like a board game (a "my version" of the Life boardgame to be exact).  Unfortunately my computer chose the last week and a half to act up. I took it to the Mac store 3 times this last week and none of those times resolved the issues. For the last few days my computer has done nothing but freeze up every 5 mins making it impossible to work on my project.  I've tried to complete the assignment on the school computers in between classes but just haven't had enough time :/.  I'm sooo upset with my computer!  I really wanted to show off my design with everyone else in class!  grrrrrr....  Why does technology hate me?!

Anyway, here was an EARLY stage screen shot I took of it at school.  Colors do NOT look like this on Illustrator:

My Silhouette

Here is the illustrator version of the Silhouette of my face:

My icons and eyes

Here are the first and second renditions of my icons.  Some of them do not work so therefore I'm going to rework them for the final draft:

Here are a few eye explorations:

Map Ideas

Ok, so I've been having problems with my computer connecting to the internet, but now all is well and I can finally post pictures again!

Here are the long over due map ideas that caught my eye on Google.  I think I'm going to go with one of the board game ideas...

This is my self exploration exercise using color and lines.