Infographic

Infographics are a very popular method for displaying data and important information to target audiences both online and offline. Infographics come in various forms and may range from a very simple, black-and-white graph used in a scientific journal article to a highly-elaborate illustration of people, nations, or products for comparison.

In terms of ARC, the primary goal of an infographic is to help your learner comprehend the information you are providing. Some information can best be conceptualized visually (such as the relative size of the planets to one another), and infographics are uniquely suited for these types of learning scenarios, because visual communication empowers you as the designer to convey important meaning that otherwise might be lost in text.

Because infographics span a gamut of types, whether appeal or retention should be prioritized next depends on your context. Most infographics used on the internet today highly emphasize appeal to ensure that the graphic is re-shared on social media or to encourage reading, but if you have a captive audience (such as in a book or journal), then retention might be more important.

For this project, you will create an infographic to display information or data that you feel is very important and that would be better-presented graphically than as simple text.

Task

Create your own, original infographic using Adobe Illustrator or another program.

Requirements

• Create an original infographic.
• Choose some information or data you feel is important (and that would be best communicated visually).
• Cite your source(s).
• Incorporate icons, text, chart/graph elements, and appropriate colors.
• Use only scalable graphics (whenever possible).
• Make the size of your infographic at leat 600x1800px or 1800x600px.

Guidelines

• Be creative.
• Be simple and focused. Don't include unnecessary details or graphics.
• Be narrative-driven. Don't just throw a bunch of facts on a screen and expect it to have meaning for your audience.
• Use colors that work well together and that match your tone.
• Have fun!

Tutorial Videos

Professional Infographic Illustrator Tutorial

Illustrator CC Tutorial

Evaluation Criteria