The first thing I did was research the topic. I found a great website, The People History. I decided to break my infographic into years. Each year would be arranged around a particular subject, like politics, and have a few facts with either a picture or graph of information.
I wanted to keep the infographic clean and simple. I used flat, 2D images. I also used a lot of colors but kept them somewhat muted. I didn’t want ten different neon colors; it would have been too much.
Before submitting our final infographic, we had a check-in point where we submitted what we had so far. The professor then critiqued our work, along with our classmates. From there, we made any necessary changes.
I completely changed my title area. I didn’t like what I originally had, so I was thankful for the suggestions. My original title area had a lot of symbols (peace-signs, flowers, hearts, etc.) but it was too messy. My teacher suggested I fill the background with a bunch of flowers. She said to cover the entire background in different colored flowers and leave no white space.
I also ended up separating the years between Early Sixties, Mid Sixties, and Late Sixties. It helped create space between the years. It was also suggested that I add more facts. I was so concerned with making the infographic symmetric, two facts for every year, that I was limiting the facts. I’m glad that I added more facts because it made reading it more interesting.
I had some issues with my images, as well. I searched again to try to find images that looked more similar to each other. I also ended-up simplifying my graphs, to make it more cohesive.
My infographic turned out so much better than I could have imaged! I was so thankful for all of the help and suggestions from my classmates and teacher. It can be hard to hear criticism but it made my project better. They thought of things I never would have considered. Thank you to my Infographic Course classmates and Professor Abby Guido!
Check out my final infographic below:
- Course Required Book: Infographics: The Power of Visual Storytelling by Jason Lankow, Josh Ritchie, and Ross Crooks
- Website for History of the Sixties: http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1960.html