Writing Sound

Is there a better way to communicate a simple message than by way of an artistic representation of whatever it is you want to convey?

If you look at a realistic drawing of an eye, you’ll know that the image stands for an eye, like so:

But what if you’re not so great at sketching realistic renderings of things? Or, what if you don’t want to spend an hour working on something that represents one thing?

Let’s devise a solution: we’ll use a simpler drawing that will still represent the eye the same way. This serves our purpose just as well: