My Design PROCESS
Infographics
I design infographics for almost every piece of writing that I publish. For me, it's such an intriguing yet simple way to display extra information related to your article. To see all my designs, click here. You can hover over each photo and click through each gallery to see my thought process while designing.
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For this infographic, I wanted to display poll results in something other than a pie chart. With this, I decided to make a bar graph. This way the information was still readable but also visually appealing. On the draft, I also calculated the percentages for each result.
The final product represents how many coaches are holding their players accountable for working out while in quarantine.
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This was the layout for my first infographic, and planning was crucial. I was still unsure how to execute my vision, so drawing it out first helped me process. At first, I didn't know how I wanted to display the information but decided on a pie chart.
The main thing I learned from designing this is that consistency is key. I had to make sure all the percentages were the same size and color as well as keeping the fonts the same for all of the statistics.
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I always start with a rough sketch. For this infographic, I used the results from a poll and tallied the results. This helps me outline what I want to do when I start to add numbers and words.
This infographic captures how motivated or unmotivated student-athletes were to exercise while staying at home.
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I initially wanted to make this infographic, because I didn't understand how the NBA Play-In Tournament would work. Of course, I started with the rough sketch pictured here.
I based my infographic off of the one that the NBA released, but I ended up changing mine during the final steps. The final product is a lot lighter than the one the NBA designed, but I think mine is more fitting for something journalism related.
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When I was conducting interviews, one of my interviewees made it clear that the terms ethical and sustainable are not interchangeable. This give me the idea to make infographics about the differences. Here is my outline.
This is the final product. I wanted these two infographics to somewhat mirror each other, so I used the same format but different colors.
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