IXD104 – Final Infographic

My final Infographic

The link to the pdf of my infographic is here – infographic

I made all the changes that Paul and the class advised me on which was:

  • Making figures bigger
  • Making my title bigger and centred
  • Adding more space throughout for things to breathe
  • Adjusting the edges
  • Align text

I think it looks much better now and I am really happy with the result, I think it is fun to read through and I especially like my choice of colour. I think the yellow really brightness up the cityscapes and the added detail of cars, trees and clouds really bring it to life.

Challenges

I felt that this project had a few challenges;

  1. Trying to fit in the data in a fun and aesthetically pleasing way – I found it difficult to make the text look perfect and also trying to place it in the correct way amount the illustrations. It was hard for my to find that balance sometimes.
  2. Trying not to let the illustrious take over – I struggled with this only because I love illustrations and wanted to keep adding more but I know that the data is what the infographic is all about so I had to reign back the illustrious urges at times.
  3. Ensuring that the text was the right size – I would always normally find text and typography hard, I think it’s tricky to ensure it is placed right. I struggled with ensuring it was the right size also, not too big not too small. I also had to remember to always make the figures bigger because those should stand out. So this is something I had to learn while making this infographic.

What did I enjoy?

I felt like I enjoyed so much of this project that is is hard for my to pick a few favourite things but the main thing I liked doing the most was thinking of the illustrations for this infographic. I had lots of fun researching cityscapes and making them, I then really enjoyed watching them bring my data to life. I think the illustrations really transom an infographic and make it what it is, really fun to look it. I also enjoyed collecting the data, processing it and really narrowing down what wanted to include. I think it was a really satisfying end seeing it all come together.

Thoughts

Overall I think that all of these changes have really made a difference in my infographic end result. I think the process of editing and changing parts really paid off in the end. I think I could still make a few changes but for now I think it is finished. My favourite part is the colour scheme I chose and my illustrations. I really enjoyed making this and think that it has definitely been one of my favourite tasks I have done, I have loved the process and hope that I can make more infographics in the future

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