Hello readers!first of all i would like to take a minute to apologize for the lack of updates, these blogs will now be monthly, unless we have something we are excited about and can't wait to show you!
Today i will be talking about creating a graphical handout for an exhibition.
I was asked to create a map of Berkshire, showcasing the areas are papers are distributed. These were to be colour coded by paper and have a key giving the stats of circulation/distribution and website hits displayed somewhere. This was the rough brief i was given, with my own notes added.
I started off my research the exact areas we distribute to, i found a list of postcodes. As this was as specific as i was going to get i used the wonders of the internet to find a Google map with the post code information over laid on top. I could now hide and show different areas of each post code region, thanks to Google Maps and Wikipedia. Sadly i could not find a way to show all the regions at once, so after some Photoshop wizardry i stitched all the maps together to have a complete view of Berkshire.
So i have my starting line. Now i need to create my own map using this information. I used illustrator to outline and vectorised all the regions i needed, named the relevant placed and colour coded them. This took several hours but i was pleased with the outcome. That was the hard bit done. I then copied the graphic i had created over into Indesign and put together the last few elements, like the company logo, and paper statistics.
After sending the client a proof i got a few changes to do, such as adding extra place names and adding in the newspaper mastheads. After all this was done, I liaised with the client again and made sure everything was correct. The hand-out was now ready to be used in the exhibition in a weeks time.
