Backgrounds
Backgrounds can make or break your infographic design. You should avoid a plain white background. This is because most of the website your infographic will be viewed on have white backgrounds. Instead there should be some simple design that doesn’t distract from the content. This means that they need to be light and relatively simple. Take another look at all the infographics you pinned on Pinterest. What do the backgrounds look like? You will probably notice a lot of gradient backgrounds. This is because they are simple to use and give the background a subtle feeling of depth. Textures can also make appealing backgrounds. You can view a tutorial on the combination of gradients and textures at the following link: Illustrator Tutorial: Basic Backgrounds. Feel free to search around for other background types and tutorials.
Create an appealing and attractive background using illustrator that you can use for your project. Remember that backgrounds should be interesting but not distracting.
Vectorizing
Now that you have sketched out your infographic elements it is time to start converting those elements into a vector form. You will be using Adobe Illustrator to trace these elements with the pen tool. You will also want to utilize simple shapes and the pathfinder pallet.
Don’t use the live trace function in Illustrator! This creates a cheap looking outline and is unacceptable for this project.
Vectorize at least three of your sketches for your project. Place these vectorized graphics on the background you created.
Practice using the Illustrator tools and vectorizing sketches using the files in this zipped file.
Check out this tutorial on how to move a sketch to a vector graphic: From Sketch to Vector, Simple Illustration That’s Not So Simple
Submission
This activity can be included in any of your updates, but this activity must be included also in your final project blog post.
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