How to Make a Spaghetti Dinner

In order to successfully transmit the information need to make a spaghetti dinner I first drew all of the components in the top left corner. The components are a box of noodles, a jar of tomato sauce, two pots, two wooden spoons, plates and utensils, and a strainer. The first graphic represents both pots under high and medium flame (water in one under high flame). The second graphic shows the transfer of the noodles into the water-filled pot and the tomato sauce in the pot under medium flame. A simplified clock attempts to show the amount of time to cook the noodles, and the spiral arrows next to the wooden spoons represents stirring the sauce and noodles. The next step shows the straining of the the noodles, and the transition of the two ingredients into separate bowls. Once the cooked ingredients are placed on a table or eating surface the spaghetti dinner is complete. 

Botts Lawn Care

For Bott's Lawn Care decision support graphic I wanted to make sure it was clear that a healthy, thriving lawn does not need treatment. I was conflicted on how to arrange my graphic on the page, so I made two attempts. Both are organized vertically. My second graphic (top) feels more cohesive because the bold arrows create a focus toward the fertilizer types, and the proximity of the two types of grass health. I was also conflicted about how to represent insects vs. no insects. Although the top graphic appears more visually appealing, it is actually the one with some unintentional mistakes ("boots," A and B fertilizer types switched). The "X" through the insects on the first graphic represent the conditions better then the absence of the insects in the second drawing. Thinking about it now, it would have been really hard to depict health vs. unhealthy grass without the use of color.

Collage

The patterns I observed in my collage included organization, balance, color, and rhythm. I also noticed the rectilinear nature of the college elements, and the relationship between graphic images and text. Many of the images on the collage were taken from a skiing magazine which seems to make it the central focus, but I did try to include a variety of subjects and interesting text. 

The general feedback I got on the comments suggested that my collage was organized and focused around skiing and nature. Almost everyone made note of the fact that I used the whole page. I was interested to see a few comments about having a lot of text. When the page started to get filled up the collage became very busy and I didn't want to distract from the images I had chosen. My solution was to add the blue and purple pages on the bottom right for their color in hopes that the small text would be of no interest compared to the other images. Overall the comments matched somewhat closely to my intentions for the collage.