week 6

• Visual information


  The artistic or creative representation or interpretation of an idea, concept, or emotion using different media
• Creators of visual information

  • Painters
  • Photographers
  • Graphic artists or designers
  • Sculptors
• Painter


  A person who produces a work of art with colors, lines and shapes using paint as a medium
• Photographer


  A person who takes photographs, especially as a job. Can be classified as amateur or professional
• Graphic artist or designer


  Visual communicators who create visual concepts by hand or by using computer software to communicate ideas to inspire, inform, or captivate consumers
• Sculptor


  Creates a piece of art using a variety of media, such as clay, marble, wood or even ice
• Types of visual information

  • Painting
  • Photo/Images
  • Sculpture
  • Cartoon or Comic Strip
  • Graphs and Charts
  • Billboard and Poster
• Painting


  An art form that creates pictures using a flat medium, such as canvas or board, and paint. Examples: Landscape, Portrait, Still Life, Icon
• Photo/Images


  Examples: Personal photo, Family Photo, Photojournalism, Yearbook or Graduation Photo
• Sculpture


  A three-dimensional artwork that can be made using clay, stone, metal or other materials. Shows a replica of the subject or model
• Cartoon or Comic Strip


  Shows illustrations or drawings arranged sequentially in boxes
• Graphs and Charts


  A diagram, which is a series of one or more points, lines, line segments, curves, or areas
• Billboard and Poster


  Billboard refers to a large outdoor board containing text information and images posted as a form of advertisement. Poster is similar to a billboard but is much smaller
• Types of infographics

  • Mixed Charts
  • Informational List
  • Timeline
  • How-to guide
  • Flowchart
  • Comparison
  • Location-based
  • Photo-graphic
  • Hierarchal
  • Single chart
  • Visualize numbers
  • Anatomical
  • Visual resume
• Mixed Charts


  • A mixed chart infographic includes a variety of different charts to show data
• Informational List


  • Mostly text that lists information about a given subject
• Timeline


  • Looks at how a subject has changed over time
• How-to guide


  • A step-by-step guide to creating something
• Flowchart


  • Starts a single point and looks at the points that branch off based on different decisions
• Comparison


  • Compares and contrasts two different subjects
• Location-based


  • Infographic uses a map to visualize geographical data
• Photo-graphic


  • Uses mostly photographs, combined with text, to explain a point
• Hierarchal


  • Infographic stacks items or subjects based on the predefined 'level'
• Single chart


  • A chart (such as bar or line graph) that visualizes data on a subject
• Visualize numbers


  • Adds images to statistics to make them more appealing
• Anatomical


  • Breaks down what makes something 'work'
• Visual resume


  • A resume in infographic form
• Visual design principles

  • Consistency
  • Center Of Interest
  • Balance
  • Harmony
  • Contrast
  • Directional Movement
  • Rhythm
  • Perspective
• Consistency


  Necessary for margins, typeface, typestyle, and colors, especially in slide presentations or documents that are more than one page
• Center Of Interest


  An area that first attracts attention in a composition. More important than other objects or elements
• Balance


  A feeling of visual equality in shape, form, value, color, etc. Can be symmetrical and evenly balanced or Asymmetrical and un-evenly balanced
• Harmony


  Brings together a composition with similar units
• Contrast


  Offers some change in value creating a visual discord in a composition. Shows the difference between shapes and can be used as backgrounds to bring objects out and forward in a design. Can also be used to create an area of emphasis
• Directional Movement


  A visual flow through the composition. Suggestion of motion in a design as you move from object to object by way of placement and position
• Rhythm


  A movement in which some elements recur regularly, like a dance. Has a flow of objects that will seem to be like the beat of music
• Perspective


  Created through the arrangement of objects in two-dimensional space to look like they appear in real life