Ridiculous Assignment #2000
InfoGraphic--Art Dir. Jessica- -lllus. Jen
Message:
This Infographic illustration project consists of two separate illustration projects - both requiring a similar production timeline, and both requiring your collaboration with a classmate. The course facilitator will determine each Art Director/Illustrator team.
For one project, you take the role of Art Director - working with a classmate who you've "hired" as an Illustrator for the project.
For the other project, you become the Illustrator - working with a classmate who has "hired" you to be the Illustrator on the project.
With each project, your input, guidance, and creative skills will contribute toward a professional - quality illustration that will be suitable for your portfolio. As your illustration project is presented for review, you should weigh each comment received to determine the ways in which your project could be strengthened. Move rapidly to produce and post any new versions of your work for review so that you may gain vital input to achieve the highest-quality final illustration.
How to proceed with the project
By or before Day 3, Art Director and Illustrator teams will begin discussing the infographic illustration project in order to arrive at a list of project parameters that include but are not limited to the following:
* Size,
* Content,
* Intended audience,
* Illustration style,
* Use,
* Budget, and
* Production schedule, etc.
Teams will conduct research necessary to fully define the content of the infographic, and to provide visual reference for illustrative elements that appear in the infographic. All the discussions will happen through the Discussion Area.
By the end of the week:
Each Art Director will summarize notes regarding size, content, style, complexity of assigned Infographic illustration, intended use, budget, production schedule, and any other details necessary for an observer to understand the scope of the project. Each Art Director will post this information to the appropriate folder in the Discussion Area.
Each Illustrator will upload thumbnail sketches of the proposed infographic to the appropriate folder in the Discussion Area. Thumbnails may originate on paper or in vector drawing environment, and will be presented to others as digital files attachments in the discussion area. (Ensure that each file has the correct filename extension so that all files are readable in both Mac and Windows environments.)
All participants will review and comment on the work submitted by at least two of their classmates and respond to comments and questions about your own work.
During this review process, each team should continually discuss the comments received to determine any design alterations that may be needed. The Illustrator is encouraged to modify and resubmit rough designs for further review during this time. By the end of this review period, each team should determine final style and format for Infographic. Illustrators should proceed to finalizing illustration, and Art Directors should begin composing final rationale for illustration.
This is what my "Art Director" gave me:
Jennifer,
Would you be interested in creating an infographic for a building project of a new race track that will be used for both horse racing and stock car/demolition derby type events. The project is called the “Electric City Racing Park” and will be located in the center of town with the fairgrounds bordering it on two sides. This infographic will be used on a presentation board to present to the City Board Members who will determine if this project meets city standards and will help bring revenue to the city. There will need to be an overhead illustration showing the race track along with the surrounding stands and stables that will surround the exterior of the track. This will also need to be accompanied by a graph or diagram showing the expected revenue from the track events.
Content:
The race track will be centered and on the north and east sides of the track there will be one row of barns bordering those sides of the track. The stands for the viewers will be on the west side of the track and on the south side there will just be a row of trees and some landscaping. On the west side behind the stands will be a large parking lot where the fair carnival rides are normally placed during the fair as well as various vendors. There will be a board showing betting odds centered in the center of the track with intricate landscaping around the sign and through the entire center of the track. The surface of the track is dirt/sand. The graph should show expected income from horse racing, stock car racing, drag racing, non-event use, and possible miscellaneous events. The track will be open year round and will be available to the public.
Size: Since this is going to be displayed on a presentation board, the infographic for the building project will need to be fairly large. It should be no larger that 12”x12” and no smaller than 8”x8”. The graph portion of the infographic can be considerably smaller.
Intended Audience: City Board Members, public, and building contractors.
Budget: Since this is a large project, $1200 has been budgeted for this illustration in expectation that the illustrations are received on time and show very great detail on the contents of the Race Park.
Type Style: The type style needs to look very professional with some expression of speed to correspond with the race events that will take place at the Race Park.
Timeline:
The City Board Members are quite anxious to view the outline of this project and a meeting has been set up for the first of April to view the presentation. Therefore I will need to be able to view some rough drafts by the end of the week, to ensure that this project will be finished on time and efficiently. Once we have reviewed the drafts, we will set up additional meetings to view the progress of the illustrations and discuss any improvements or changes.
This is my response:
I think you are wanting a ridiculous amount of stuff in a very small space. 12x12 is not that big, and just the logistics of everything that is supposed to go on in this area is unreasonable. You can't have drag/stock car racing on a dirt/gravel surface unless you have people who are doing so in crappy cars and like to crash into each other; in which case, you'll have a demolition derby, so you can't really have a beautifully manicured center lawn as it will eventually get run onto by these cars, and the billboard in the centre will be smashed into.
I am going to rough up something as just a horse track as that makes the most sense. I am not going to include graphic of the parking lot because, to me, that is a waste of space, and pretty much anything that is taking place in this parking area could easily be accomodated on the interior of the space.
-J
Yeah so I hate this class a lot. This girl doesn't know what she is doing or even what she is asking for. This doesn't at all pertain to anything I want to do.