sample infographic
- Software: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator
- Client: Auburn University
- Project Type: Graphic Design
about this project
For companies dealing with large volumes of data, infographics easily communicate the bottom line to shareholders. Whether it’s featured prominently an organization’s publication or tweeted to thousands of followers, the right infographic makes a bold statement. It reinforces your message, preventing the audience from losing sight of the power of the words and numbers you’re communicating.
My Infographic
The Process
For my design, I decided to create a quick infographic for one of my favorite recipes: Gordon Ramsay’s scrambled eggs. My girlfriend and I discovered the recipe a few months ago, and we love surprising each other with it. Forget the traditional rubbery stuff you’re used to, these eggs are light, fluffy and perfectly creamy.
In the creation process, I realized how infographics are often difficult to design. Learning to use the proper tools, finding/creating graphic assets, and tweaking the final image often cost precious hours and manpower. For a professional graphic designer, that process moves much faster, but professional graphic designers are expensive.
Thankfully for the rest of us, Canva exists. Canva is a website dedicated to helping non-designers catch up, and the website’s easy-to-use graphic tools make quick, stunning infographics possible.
For the design itself, I explored Canva for infographic inspiration, then I created the layout and formatted the text in Adobe Indesign. I wanted to add an additional visual element, so I created the black and white graphic art in Adobe Illustrator by tracing some stock photos. I elected to use Montserrat for the primary text (to match the rest of my website), but I didn’t love the use of it for the headings, so I used Franklin Gothic Heavy instead.
Calameo does compress the image a bit, so if you’d like to see the original design in its full resolution, please click here to download it. Or download .jpg or .png versions, if you wish.
My Infographic
The Process
For my design, I decided to create a quick infographic for one of my favorite recipes: Gordon Ramsay’s scrambled eggs. My girlfriend and I discovered the recipe a few months ago, and we love surprising each other with it. Forget the traditional rubbery stuff you’re used to, these eggs are light, fluffy and perfectly creamy.
In the creation process, I realized how infographics are often difficult to design. Learning to use the proper tools, finding/creating graphic assets, and tweaking the final image often cost precious hours and manpower. For a professional graphic designer, that process moves much faster, but professional graphic designers are expensive.
Thankfully for the rest of us, Canva exists. Canva is a website dedicated to helping non-designers catch up, and the website’s easy-to-use graphic tools make quick, stunning infographics possible.
For the design itself, I explored Canva for infographic inspiration, then I created the layout and formatted the text in Adobe Indesign. I wanted to add an additional visual element, so I created the black and white graphic art in Adobe Illustrator by tracing some stock photos. I elected to use Montserrat for the primary text (to match the rest of my website), but I didn’t love the use of it for the headings, so I used Franklin Gothic Heavy instead.
Calameo does compress the image a bit, so if you’d like to see the original design in its full resolution, please click here to download it. Or download .jpg or .png versions, if you wish.
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