Grids, Grids for Everything

 

TLDR: I used guides in illustrator to format my own grid for this project, to make sure everything was aligned correctly down to the pixel.

Visual Techniques for Data Visualisation

TLDR: I made a representation of a world map, it’s probably not accurate, but it gets the point across.

New Beginnings

This blog has been started to document my design process throughout the second semester of 2016, in my second year of tertiary study at the University of Newcastle.

Currently, I would like to believe I will carry this blog into the future and throughout the rest of my study as well into my career, or perhaps just following any design projects I undertake. However as this is my first experience with blogging in any way I am quite cautious about providing engaging material or knowing what to say, therefore I consider this, the first post in said blog something of a new beginning.

 

Data Visualisation Research

TLDR/Summary: There’s so much information out there and much of it is visualised in one form or another, interactive wise, charts and graphs seem the most common. I’m not worried about forming the interactive data visualisation currently, however I am concerned about what data to choose for it.

PS: The Nikon Universal (3) and Every Noise at Once (10) are soo worth checking out.

Data Research and Concept Drafts

TLDR: I chose idea 4 to pursue, the worldwide locations of cryptids/urban legend monsters, using a world map style infographic and sketchy styled images.

The Process of Cute to Creepy

TLDR: I chose a drawing style I didn’t want to use seriously and upon digitising the images it became exactly what I had originally imagined. The bottom of this post includes ‘before and after’ style displays of the images made for this assignment, and I adore the final outcomes.