Infographics are a way to make information as complex as the weather or the rise and fall of eating disorders in high school students easier for people to understand, according to Illustrator and Information Graphics instructor Karl Gude. “Not only do infographics make information more understandable it also gives it a lot more meaning,” Gude said. So far in his class … [Read more...] about Learning how to make an infographic and why they are important
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Infographics students work with Adobe Illustrator
During the Illustrator and Information Graphics class, students learned the basics of how to work with Adobe Illustrator by making bar graphs. According to instructor Karl Gude, today and the rest of this week students will have learned all the different parts of Adobe Illustrator and how to make different graphs, charts and maps. Additionally, he said, they will learn how to … [Read more...] about Infographics students work with Adobe Illustrator
Gude’s class uses paper airplanes to collect data
“If you’re a dead body in a morgue, you’re going to be less noticed than a dead body on a lawn,” instructor of Illustrations and Infographics Karl Gude said. “So metaphorically, how can you be the dead body on the lawn? You have to learn to be different and be creative to be noticed.” Explaining the differences between good graphics and great graphics on Monday, Gude tried … [Read more...] about Gude’s class uses paper airplanes to collect data
Karl Gude’s students continue to focus on graphics
With the basics under their belt, Karl Gude’s Illustration and Information Graphic class prepares for their paper airplane flight contest on Tuesday afternoon. After spending Monday learning how to take drawings and adapt them in Adobe Illustrator, the class is tackling their end of the week project. Collecting statistics based on their flight patterns, the group will use … [Read more...] about Karl Gude’s students continue to focus on graphics
Paper airplanes help MIPA Graphics class illustrate
During the morning of July 31, a dozen students enrolled in Karl Gude's Illustration and Information Graphics tossed paper airplanes down a 40-foot track. “We're going to make a scatter plot,” Scott Hardin, a student of Traverse City Central said of the lesson, which was used as a data collection project. “We were scored based off of distance, accuracy and hang time, and … [Read more...] about Paper airplanes help MIPA Graphics class illustrate