How To // Workshop

I really enjoyed our first workshop for the 'How To' brief mainly because we was asked to turn information into something visual. This means INFO-GRAPHICS! I have always wanted to make info-graphics but have never had the chance to due to previous briefs, now we have the chance i am really pleased to give it a go and see what i can come up with.

To start the workshop we had to first create a timeline from when we started nursery school to the present day at Leeds College Of Art. Using different coloured shapes we then had to plot on different big events in our life. For example changing schools, specifying in art and design and the process of joining the college...

I then traced the shapes through without the timeline which revealed an interesting result! using shapes and something more abstract to represent information...

From my previous research, I then had to write down the 20 most important and relevant facts and information about my chosen subject which was... 'How To Ask For Forgiveness' ...

From this and using the same technique, i chose the top 6 facts and figures and started to place them into info-graphic style sketches and design sheets. Generating some basic initial ideas...