Wk #5 Collection Curation & Creation
Twelve steps in creating an inforgraphic: this is aimed towards internet graphic artists as it has useful tips on including links, embedded codes and sharing capabilities for social media. What appealed to me was the generic information that can be applied to any infographic, for example: donât provide too much information, make sure information is relative to your audience and note where your research comes from. Â The steps also reminds us to make it visually interesting and even fun, although Iâm personally against things that are too humorous as not credible. Â Step 11 confuses me when it says stick to hot topics, unless this infographic is solely for people looking to get hits on their websites and is creating infographics for a buzz. The following step, #12, I found interesting since I had not heard of this suggestion before, but to keep your brand identity separate from your info graphic. Â Iâm not surer SU follows this pattern but Iâm going to keep my out for that, although I can see what you would want to keep your âproductâ separate.
My Jason Voorhees infographic is just pure fun! Â I said infographics shouldnât be fun, but I have to retract that statement in light of this graphic. Â I think infographics as providing a service of delivering data, but this image opened my eyes to a different world. Â Iâm not sure why anyone would want to know the sequence of killings in the Friday the 13th movies, but I guess if you want to know that this image is perfect. Â The creator had good fun of using Jasonâs signature masks as the base to present the info, it definitely caught my attention and I did read it to see how they mapped the victims and characters. Â It fascinates me how someone thought up this way to present information, itâs really a skill compared to all us bar chart users.
Moving from the fun of the Friday the 13th graphic to my next image we clearly see that âtasteâ as in good or bad, plays a factor in creation. Â The Unsexy America doesnât offend me; I just find it terribly tacky and tasteless. Iâm not sure where this graphic was published, hopefully for a very narrow and select audience, but my fear is that it is circulating in a store bought magazine or social media sights. This is what I mean when I say the image can discredit the content. Sperm shaped moans to illustrating percentages, really? Â I donât see any sources for this data and this type of graphic is just perpetuating the Jersey Shore/Girls Gone Wild mentality that doesnât need any more attention in the media.
My coffee vs. beer graphic is another fun graphic although again there arenât any resources for this information and I had a very hard time believe the claims it makes. Â Those are very broad general characteristics that canât be true for every user and in fact could be detrimental to some. Â This poster also has too much info; itâs trying too hard.
My project is going to have a map, so there are a few takeaways from this for me, but mostly this has changed the way I look at infographics.














