Developing my infographics

Here is a storyboard I drew out to show how my interactive infographic would work:

 

Here is my drawing for an idea of a static infographic for the annual report:

 

 

After my chat with Terry in class we decided that I should design 3 static infographics to show how they could be used as an interactive infographic. Here are some sketch ideas I done to show how the first screen could look. This would show each line of machines on the factory floor, for overall monitoring. It would be designed for wide screen 1024 x 768 and could be accessed by anyone that would be authorised to monitor.

 

 

 

Here are some ideas that follow on from the 4 options previous. This would be the second screen which would show each machine on the specific line that was chosen. Show its number and model. 

 

 

I started working on my idea in Photoshop, I started by making out a grid that I was going to follow for each screen so they would all be layed out the same and have a nice flow to them.

 

 

 

After working on screen 1 and screen 2 here were the outcomes I came up with:

 

 

I showed my idea to Fergus and Terry in class and I received some good feedback, Fergus wanted me to turn my 2D infographics into 3D versions. He suggested that I have flat green machines if everything was running well and then to raise the machine and turn it red to show when there was a problem. Terry showed me how to do a 3D Extrude in Illustrator so I started working on that and here is the outcome:

 

I wasn't happy with the layout of these infographics though as they looked a bit off on the perspective side of things. After showing them to Terry he suggested that I use the Isometric option in Illustrator to keep everything running with the same pattern. He also suggested that I add in my orange machine also to show when a machine is nearing a service and not running as well as it should be. I decided to keep the machines all the same height as seeing that one was a different colour stood out well enough to point out a problem to the viewer. Here are some screenshots of my developing work:

 

 

And here are the two outcomes for both screen 1 and screen 2:

 

 

Ok so that's the 2 more basic screens done. Now its onto the last screen which will be the most detailed inforgraphic. Here were some sketch ideas I came up with for this one:

 

 

After choosing an idea I started developing it in Illustrator, keeping everything lined up with a grid and sticking with the Isometric theme throughout:

 

 

I did use the Isometric effect for the information beside each icon but it wasn't very ligible so I had to leave it straight instead. Here is my outcome for screen 3:

 

 

I wanted to make screen 3 able for a static infographic that could be used for the annual report, so here it is. This represents one machine:

 

 

A document such as the one below could then be made with the information of each machine on each line. The one below represents one lin of machines:

 

 

I wanted to make a video to show how the interactive infograph would work, so I started by sketching out a storyboard to help me plan the video out.

 

 

 

Here is the video I made for my presentation in class, it shows how my 3 infographic screens can come together to make an interactive infographic.

 

 

After showing my work in class, the Depuy men suggested I spaced out the product lines more on my first infographic and also told me to space out the machines more on the second infographic. Terry also told me I needed a navigation bar on the infographics so the operator would know what section they were in. So I took this advice on board and here are the outcomes:  

 

 

I also updated my video with these changes: