Libowsky-Infographic

Jackson Libowsky

Ms. Bjork

Graphic Design B3

January 18, 2017

__Info on Graphics__

->Infographics have been utilized as primary uses to showcase information for centuries. In Graphic Arts, an infographic had to be created that displays academic based information of a certain chosen topic. Initially, out of the options -- Academic and Career Planning Program, Literacy Center, Success Skills, Standards Based Grading -- I chose to illustrate the Academic and Career Planning Program. However, after finding a lack of information on the subject I steered in the direction of Success Skills because I know they confuse an abundance of people, and I have prior knowledge of what they are. After multiple thumbnail sketches, and extensive planning, I decided on a ‘bubble’ concept as students rise to the top. Each bubble would contain different categories of information. The final product is clean, aesthetically pleasing, and easy to follow. There are no lost words, misplacements, the craftsmanship is tip-top quality. Finishing off the ‘rising’ feeling, each bubble was askew to a different rotation, and the heading is located at the top. To give the whole design a feel of refinement, unity (color scheme, shape), balance (fairly symmetrical), movement (rising of bubbles), repetition (repeating image of bubbles), and form (illusion of dimensionality with the bubbles) were used. Success in the project was that, given the time frame, the design looks pretty professional. The colors are easy, information is legible, and it is a simple, interesting infographic. However, I would have liked to add graphs, or statistics, but there was no information readily available, and I could not conduct my own research due to time being focused on the graphic itself.

->In the beginning of the class if someone were to ask me to make an illustration I would have drawn a stick figure with paper, and pencil. Now, I can still create stick figures, but also elaborate designs that fully utilize the space in the exact way I would like them to look that is fit to the subject. Looking back on the first project, my cut-paper shape design was of poor craftsmanship, and composition. However, the digital version was much improved being aesthetically pleasing to look at, and took up the whole page. The next design displayed better success. The typography assignment allowed me to find more of my style, and create pleasing artist sketchbook designs that included information. The digital design was created with advanced compositional techniques learned from the prior assignments, to create an outstanding design. For the corporate identity project, I feel I excelled in. I did not excel due to the designs themselves, but challenging myself on a new level and taking the project to a new depth. Although, the designs created embodied what I wanted to represent, which was phenomenal. There are some tweaks I would like to make looking back, but with what I knew the assignment was completed to an extending ability. For the book cover design… that was the assignment I did not do amazing with. I do not read, I do not own a book, I stand as far as I can from physical literature. I was already out of my comfort zone with the subject, but for some reason, I decided it wasn't enough and chose to watercolor illustrations that would be later scanned. I never worked with watercolor before so I have no clue what I was doing. Even though many decisions were poorly made, the final book looked well, and executed the theme of the book. Lastly, for the infographic I was able to apply what I learned from the previous projects to create a professional design in the minimal amount of time. The most helpful task learned from the class was obviously how to use adobe programs, but also time management. As a person, I cannot keep track of time and always run late because of it. The class helped me keep track of how much time to spend on each task, and as a whole deliver products by a deadline.

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Infographic about success skills. Including images, schedule, past information, percent of students that like success skills, teacher’s like, etc.

An infographic should include only vital text that is easy to read, colors that are easy on the eyes and flow with the images, few to none photographs, graphic design charts/diagrams, simple.


 * Prompt & Prepared **
 * Brings materials to class, arrives on time, and meets deadlines. **


 * Polite & Positive **
 * Positive attitude, demonstrates honesty, integrity, and respect, is cooperative. **


 * Persistent & Productive **
 * On task, collaborative, takes initiative, demonstrates academic honesty. **


 * Digital Citizenship **
 * Demonstrates safe and responsible use of technology. **

What are Success Skills?

Success Skills are a way to **separate academics grade, and behavioral grade****.** With Standards Based Grading, there is no way to track how a student is performing behavior wise. Success Skills **bridge the gap between teacher, parent, and student communication**. By introducing Success Skills it allows ** students to get feedback on how well they perform in class. **
 * Each class has four success skills. **
 * Set students up for real-world success **

Why Success Skills?

Since the school switched over from traditionally based grading to standards-based grading, the **evaluation of how the student acted in class** was lost. In order **to maintain communication**, Success Skills were created as a way to ** inform students how well they’re in class behavior was. **

If students’ Success Skills fall below a 3, the student will be assigned to resource for a term.
 * (Students will be assigned resource if success skills fall below a 3) **

 Jackson Libowsky Ms. Bjork Graphic Design B3 January 18, 2017 __Info on Graphics__  Infographics have been utilized as primary uses to showcase information for centuries. In Graphic Arts, an infographic had to be created that displays academic based information of a certain chosen topic. Initially, out of the options -- Academic and Career Planning Program, Literacy Center, Success Skills, Standards Based Grading -- I chose to illustrate the Academic and Career Planning Program. However, after finding a lack of information upon the subject I steered in the direction of Success Skills because I //know// they confuse an abundance of people, and I have prior knowledge on what they are. After multiple thumbnail sketches, and extensive planning, I decided on a ‘bubble’ concept as students rise to the top. Each bubble would contain different categories of information. The final product is clean, aesthetically pleasing, and easy to follow. There are no lost words, misplacements, the craftsmanship is tip-top quality. Finishing off the ‘rising’ feeling, each bubble was askew to a different rotation, and the heading is located at the top. To give the whole design a feel of refinement, unity (color scheme, shape), balance (fairly symmetrical), movement (rising of bubbles), repetition (repeating image of bubbles), and form (illusion of dimensionality with the bubbles) were used. Success in the project was that, given the time frame, the design looks pretty professional. The colors are easy, information is legible, and it is a simple, interesting infographic. However, I would have liked to add graphs, or statistics, but there was no information readily available, and I could not conduct my own research due to time being focused on the graphic itself. In the beginning of the class if someone were to ask me to make an illustration I would have drawn a stick figure with paper, and pencil. Now, I can still create stick figures, but also elaborate designs that fully utilise the space in the exact way I would like them to look that is fit to the subject. Looking back on the first project, my cut-paper shape design was of poor craftsmanship, and composition. However, the digital version was much improved being aesthetically pleasing to look at, and took up the whole page. The next design displayed better success. The typography assignment allowed me to find more of my style, and create pleasing artist sketchbook designs that included information. The digital design was created with advanced compositional techniques learned from the prior assignments, to create an outstanding design. For the corporate identity project, I feel I excelled in. I did not excel due to the designs themselves, but challenging myself on a new level and taking the project to a new depth. Although, the designs created embodied what I wanted to represent, which was phenomenal. There are some tweaks I would like to make looking back, but with what I knew the assignment was completed to an extending ability. For the book cover design… that was the assignment I did not do amazing with. I do not read, I do not own a book, I stand as far as I can from physical literature. I was already out of my comfort zone with the subject, but for some reason I decided it wasn't enough and chose to watercolor illustrations that would be later scanned. I never worked with watercolor before so I have no clue what I was doing. Even though many decisions were poorly made, the final book looked well, and executed the theme of the book. Lastly, for infographic I was able to apply what I learned from the previous projects to create a professional design in minimal amount of time. The most helpful task learned from the class was obviously how to use adobe programs, but also time management. As a person I cannot keep track of time, and always run late because of it. The class helped me keep track of how much time to spend on each task, and as a whole deliver products by a deadline.
 * How are they graded? **
 * 4 – Exceeds Expectations **
 * 3 – Meets Expectations **
 * 2 – Partially Meets Expectations **
 * 1 – Does Not Meet Expectations **