Monday, November 8, 2010

Explanation Graphic



Original Graphic


First Interation


Second Interation



My Final Graphic



At first I didn't know what I could do my graphic about. I started looking around my dorm and then I rememebred AHA! that last week my printer had no more ink and I had to replace it. I didn't know how to install it so I used the instructions with the steps. What I did was I did  new steps and instead of doing 8 steps I put all of them in 6 steps. I included less colors from the original grapic and instead of putting all the information and images in two papers like the orginal graphic I put all of the information and images in just one paper to make it easier for my audience. While doing this I thought a lot about my audience and how I could make this easier for them insted of making it look long and confusing I made it simple and easy since to isntall ink cartidges to this specific printer is something easy and simple to achieve. I really enjoyed this assignment and learned a lot from it.




Tuesday, November 2, 2010

"How to make a Spaghetti Dinner"


For this assignment, I first thought about my audience which was non-readers or non-english speakers. I started by drawing every step as I could remember. I decided to use colors to represent everything. At first, I didn't know how to represent "hot water" so after thinking about it I decided to use fire to represent the hot water or the water boiling. I used arrows to represent what went next after every step. I also used arrows to represent what went inside or outside of what. For example I used arrows to represent the spaghetti without being cooked and then having to be put inside the hot water. I tried to use the real color of everything so that my non- readers or non- english speakers could understand every step perfectly and be able to make spaghetti successfully.