08/02/24 - 14/02/24 (Week 1 - Week 2)
Andrea Choo Qin Hui (0366959)
Andrea Choo Qin Hui (0366959)
Information Design / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Practical Exercises
Practical Exercises
INSTRUCTIONS
PRACTICAL EXERCISES
Week 1 (Exercise 1 - Quantify & Visualise Data)
For the first week of class, we were instructed by Mr. Shamsul to quantify / count our
chosen items and arrange the objects into a presentable layout or chart. Our items
could be bags of M&M's, legos, a jar of buttons or coins. I chose 2 different bags of
M&M's the crispy and the milk one.
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| Figure 1.1 2 Bags of M&M's |
I arranged the M&M's in terms of their colour and amount, from the least to the most.
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| Figure 1.2 Arranged M&M's |
After brainstorming ideas I had in my head, I decided to arrange it like a Column Chart.
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| Figure 1.3 Initial Layout |
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| Figure 1.4 Second Layout with the M&M's |
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| Figure 1.5 Final Layout for Exercise 1 : Quantify & Visualise Data |
Figure 1.5 Final Layout for Exercise 1 : Quantify & Visualise Data PDF
I decided to change the 'Chocolate' heading to 'M&M's' to make it clearer for viewers to
know that these are M&M's at a straight glance. I also added the amount of M&M's
used in total so that viewers won't have to count them one by one. In addition, I have
also included relevant information below the Column Chart, the M&M's are separated
by colour from the least amount to the most amount. I have also added information
that separates the M&M's even more, as I'm using 2 different bags of M&M's for this
exercise, I have also included how many crispy and milk are in a colour. For example,
there are 7 Yellow M&M's, 4 of which are crispy and 5 of which are milk, there are 8
Orange M&M's, 5 of which are crispy and 3 of it are milk and so on.
Week 2 (Exercise 2 - L.A.T.C.H Infographic)
For this week's exercise, Mr Shamsul had instructed us to create an infographic using
the L.A.T.C.H principals. We may use the suggested compiled data (Pokedex / FFXIV
Bestiary / Dinosaur) or we can pick any topic we'd like.
Requirements:
1. Must utilize the L.A.T.C.H principals (Minimum 4)
2. Size Resolution : 1240 x 1750 Pixels or 2048 x 2048 Pixels
After much thought, I decided to create an infographic on the Top 5 Most Popular Cat
20 was far too many cats, I decided to choose 5 of my favourites out of the 20. The 5 I
chose were: Bengal, British Shorthair, Ragdoll, Siamese and the Sphynx. To make it
easier for me to create the infographic, I arranged all the information I gathered into a
table as shown below.
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| Figure 2.1 Information in a Table |
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| Figure 2.2 Moodboard for L.A.T.C.H Infographic |
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| Figure 2.3 Illustration for all the cats |
Before I started on my illustrations on the cats, I gathered some reference images to
make it look as accurate as possible.
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| Figure 2.4 Bengal Illustration with Reference Images |
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| Figure 2.5 British Shorthair with Reference Images |
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| Figure 2.6 Ragdoll with Reference Images |
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| Figure 2.7 Siamese with Reference Images |
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| Figure 2.8 Sphynx with Reference Images |
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| Figure 2.9 All Illustrated Cats |
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| Figure 2.10 L.A.T.C.H Infographic Poster Before Feedback |
poster.
Things to Change:
- All the fonts don't match the poster
- The sphynx blends into the background too much
- Should make the pointed area of the map a different colour, easier to see
- Background is slightly plain, should add some decorations
Changes Made:
- Lightened the background
- Changed the layout of the heading & all fonts
- Changed the map colour & darkened where the pointed areas are
- Darkened the outline of the sphynx
- Added some star decoration around to not make the poster look empty
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| Figure 2.11 Before and After of Poster |
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| Figure 2.12 Before and After of Sphynx |
Final Submission for Exercise 2 : L.A.T.C.H Infographic
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| Figure 2.13 L.A.T.C.H Infographic Poster |
Figure 2.14 Final L.A.T.C.H Infographic Poster PDF
L.A.T.C.H Principals used:
- Location : Each cats' Countries of Origin (also pointed to on the map)
- Alphabetical : The cats are arranged in an alphabetical order
- Time : The years that the cats were discovered
- Category : The cats are categorised into Long/Short Haired and Bald
Information Used:
Image References Used:
Bengal References Used:
British Shorthair References Used:
Ragdoll References Used:
Siamese References Used:
Sphynx References Used:
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