Monday, February 4, 2013

Design Question

I'm working on how to do the map for my Infographic, and it occurs to me that there are many people who don't know where Central Asia is. So I thought I should maybe add the names of some of the neighboring countries (Russia, China, India, Iran, Turkey) to give people a reference point for location. I tried adding them as a smaller font and using 50% opacity. Is it distracting? Unnecessary?  Feedback/ideas/suggestions...

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  1. UnknownFebruary 4, 2013 at 11:48 AM

    Amber,

    I do not find it distracting at all. Actually, I think that having places to use as reference points is a wise decision and should alleviate confusion in your finished product. One thing I noticed in the map (and you may not be able to or even want to change) is there is a lot of orange/yellow going on in the middle of the map. Perhaps having some colors that contrast a little more would be easier on the eyes. Just a thought.

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  2. AKKFebruary 4, 2013 at 2:48 PM

    Thanks Jeff. Actually, the colors are intentional. The orangy-red countries are ones that feature mostly Altaic (Turkic) languages, the green ones are the Iranian languages, and the blue is the Mongolic languages. I plan on having a key for that. :) But I'm actually glad you noticed!

    Thanks for the feedback. Now how to get all the bubbles on the map! This project is really hard for me. I don't have a great design eye. I am great at copying things. But not so much at coming up with the original ideas.

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