Nicole Whipkey

Our Final Draft

For our final draft, we decided to color in our comic by hand (neither of us have experience using illustrator). Some feedback we received on our initial draft was that it was very clean, and we felt that because of its cleanliness and hand drawn style it would be more appropriate to color it inContinue reading “Our Final Draft”

Sustainability Comic: Our First Draft

We decided to focus on reducing food waste at WPI. The intended audience for our comic will be freshman or anyone who eats at the Morgan dining hall. The outline of our comic features a student with a plate full of unwanted food who is stopped by a WPI Green Team member who explains theContinue reading “Sustainability Comic: Our First Draft”

Final Draft

Finalizing our infographic: the breakdown After hours of trying to learn other software, we finally were able to use Illustrator to create the cruise ship for our infographic (yay!!). This gave us much better results than Autodesk Sketchbook (saved our fingers the pain too). We were able to create the infographic at 300 ppi asContinue reading “Final Draft”

Class Feedback: upcoming revision ideas

In class earlier today, we had the opportunity to share our drafts with the class and receive feedback. Again, we showed the following image: Feedback we received What people liked: Idea of showing the “zoomed in” virus locations The “How to Prevent” box Combination of elements we have Cartoon-y feel What we could improve on:Continue reading “Class Feedback: upcoming revision ideas”

Second Draft

While working on our second draft, we were provided with much more information. Our client, Professor Korkin, came to our class for a quick project presentation and question and answer session. He also provided us with plenty of information on his method and research via email. So here is what we are supposed to do,Continue reading “Second Draft”

First Attempt

For our next project, we were assigned to create an infographic about disease spread on a cruise ship (I think). According to the PDF the class was provided with, from my understanding, the infographic had to meet the following requirements: Appeal to a scientific community of epidemiologists Have a min 200ppi resolution as it willContinue reading “First Attempt”