Graphics Pathway Week 9

This week we had to reflect and build upon the skills that we have learnt with the mapping and way finding project in the previous week. Our brief was to translate data into a visual and creative representation which I found challenging because the subject was very open, so we could pick any topic which we wanted.

I chose to do a visualisation on the data about smokers versus non-smokers in the United Kingdom from the 1980's to the 2000's, this was hard in the beginning because there is not a broad database kept of the amount of smokers. However, I persevered and got to work. I decided to change the data into two lungs with one side being smokers and the other non-smokers, I did this because it is a perfect representation as smoking effects the lungs and the more one smokes the worse their lungs get. I like this piece because it relates to me as I smoke, but also it meets all the criteria in my brief. I think that it is very eye catching and represents the data truthfully. The only issue I have with this piece is that it looks very commercial which can be good and bad at the same time.

 (Authors Own, 2014)

Graphics Pathway Week 8

This week we were asked to take various pictures if an area and create a map, but with a graphical representation. I chose to focus on a campsite in Nata, Central Botswana where I have had multiple good memories with friends and family alike. In addition, I chose to make it into a billboard to tie into my aspirations of doing a Ba in Digital media and design. I like this piece because it is simple and looks fairly professional, in addition it is a clear map which is set up and designed so it can be read from a far. I found this assignment tough because the brief was very vague, but I persevered and came up with a design that I am fairly proud of. If I had the opportunity to do this again, I would work on a better site with better surveys.

(Authors Own, 2014)