Wednesday, May 9, 2012

sketches, thoughts, and FINAL

this is a little more simplified sketch but still unorganized.

this is the first sketch i did for my bearded dragon idea.

this is the sketch i did of a bearded dragon to scan in and use on the top of my info graphic.


I had a lot of different ideas and things that i wanted to put on this info graphic.  But i had to think about space.  I chose to cut some things out and leave it with just the basics. i didn't want to go into to much detail on the info graphic because it would be way too much text.  So i cut some detailed info in order to keep it simple, and remember this is not the only research that should be done on the bearded dragon.  This was made to hang next to the bearded dragon exhibit in the pet store, so you get the basic knowledge about the animal.  This is made to give you the basic info and the time and money you need before you think about buying a bearded dragon. I made this clear in the info graphic that this should not be the only source of research you use.

Here is the final piece...

Yes i know it's long but the layout works better this way then it does as a horizontal poster, like i had before.


Monday, April 30, 2012

Updated infor graphic. I need to rearrange the layout, make the numbered steps stand out more, and work on the header.  I am considering making it a long poster instead of a pamphlet of wide poster, i think it will work better that way.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Bearded Dragon poster

in progress about 90% done. I need critiques on it!!

FINAL PROJECT proposal


Title- “Is a bearded dragon the right pet for you?”, “Bearded Dragon from ‘The Outback’ to Your House”, “Bearded Dragon Care Guide”
Goals and Objectives- I want to show how great of a pet a bearded dragon is and how easy they are to take care of. I want to use numerical data to back up my points, such as the amount of money and time spent to have a bearded dragon as a pet.
Source data-  Checklist of things needed
·       40- 75 gallon tank - $80- $150
·       Ventilated top $16.99- $25.00
·       Basking spot (rock or high rise tree limb)- $ 17.99
·       Hiding spot (cave) $7.99
·       Substrate- $14.99
·       Water bowl- $7.99
·       Heat light 100-150 wt- $7.99
·       Heat light fixture $15.99
·       UVB light fixture- $40-$50
·       UVB light bulb- $20-$40
·       Decoration $10- $20
·       Calcium powder- $2.99
·       Container for crickets- $16.99
·       Crickets- $25 a month
·       Veggies- $10 a month
Time spent-
·       Everyday-
o   1 hour of feeding- 20 min 3 times a day
o   15 min preparing salad
o   Cleaning cage 10 min
o   Atleast half hour of handling a day, can work up to more
·       Every 2-4 days 10- 15 min bath
Media- I am planning on printing this as a poster, the format I am looking at to use is a format like the sitting is killing us info graphic we looked at in the beginning of the semester
Audience- This will be an info graphic made for people looking into getting a bearded dragon as a pet
Resources- There are many websites out there of the care of bearded dragons and what you need to raise a healthy bearded dragon such as;
http://pogonareptilia.webs.com/ - for care and general information
http://www.beardeddragon.org/articles/caresheet/ - this is a wonderful website for information and for blogging about your beardie, there is a lot of information you can find on here that you can not find on other websites.
http://www.pacificcoding.com/care_sheets/checklist.html - checklist of things needed for a bearded dragon

Monday, March 5, 2012

color

I used color to sperate my information into categories. I used 5 different categories, i chose these colors by what that genre of music makes me feel.  Alternative music is in red because it is most popular and therefore sticks out in my head more.  Rock is the most used a bold color and so is rock.  Pop is fun and bright, so i chose a bright purple color.  Dance music has a lot of energy so i chose orange to represent that, i did not use yellow because it is a hard color to see. Hip hop is always talking about money and is probably one of the most wealthy genre, so thats why i chose green.  I agree with the color article, i believe i used his ideas in my mapping.  The only thing i worry about is if my background, the amount of genres listened to is too loud and is taking away from the arrows and the foreground.
(don't mind the stuff ont he right side outside the black box)

Friday, February 24, 2012

Mapping With Music

PROBLEM: I want to show how long it takes to get to places by music. When i walk to class and drive to places i listen to my ipod so for the past few weeks i have been recording the music i listen to and how long it takes me to get to places. 

WHAT I DID and WHAT I WANNA DO-For my idea i recorded how many songs i listened to when i went different places for two weeks.  I discovered that i need to cut down on my shower time because it takes me the same amount of time to walk from my apartment to the art building. Which ranges from 12 to 15 minutes.  But there are some factors that change the number of songs listened to on these trips. For example the length of the songs i listen to, and depending on the beat of the song i either walk faster or slower.  So i would like to show what songs i listened to and the length of each them and what genre they are, and on each day how long it took me to walk to these places.  I wanted to show the number of songs and places with an actual map. The song lengths i was going to list below the map, and on the side i want to list the genres of the songs, so you can look and see, "oh she got to class faster this day because she listened to faster pace music."

In this map the person maps their whole day out in a lateral map, and the block sizes of the places correspond to how long they were at each place.  I like this one because it shows visually where they were and for how long.  i want to use something like this for my map; using space as a measurement for time.  I want to have a key, like on a map where they have a line to say this length is equal to one mile. For mine a line length equals one song with is equal to 3 min.
 This map maps out certain points of stops and the tracks they took.  I want to show this on my map as well, i want to use lines to show the tracks i have taken while listening to my music.
For this one they show music listed on their ipod and the bigger sized boxes is the music that the person listens to most. I like this map because it tells a story and shows what the persons interests are and what kind of music they listen to tells a lot about the person.  I want to also have a list of the music that i listened too but i am unsure if i want to use a method like this one or just make a list and write next to it how often or how many songs i listened to in the past week while i was recording my data.

This is like the first mapping one, i like this one because it shows it in a 3d version and uses street sign like listing of the information.  i like this idea, especially for my concept because it shows travel.
This map is like the second one because it shows lines of travel of airplanes out of the Netherlands.  
This shows a list of friends and the proximity of yellow circles to the middle dot shows how close the relationships are, the size of the dot shows the weight of the person, and the lines show the relationships between all the friends.  I like this because it shows how everything is connected, this one i like to use the concept of the lines and the connections made between the music and the time.
This one is connected to the ipod music map, but instead of a big box this one shows the information in a bar graph, so i may use a bar graph or just have the box with the separations in the background, and put the actual map with the lines over top in the foreground.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

NHTSA GRAPH

 This is the first chart i came up with, here i chose to highlight the difference between  the amount of deaths between pedalcyclists and pedestrians. 

 This is the second one after i spoke to professor nancy.  We decided to focus on my theory of the reason why there were higher death rates in 2005.  My theory is because that is when texting became popular.  So i did a timeline of cell phone history from 2000-2009 and compared it to pedestrian deaths.

this is the chart i used to get the statistical information from.