First Infographic Experience

As an illustrator and designer my job is to translate ideas into an image.  Often times this comes in the form of a logo, poster, tattoo or shirt design, or painting. But this week I was presented with the new task of creating an infographic.

An infographic is exactly what it sounds like, a graphic that displays information.  Having never created an official ‘infographic’ before, I was a bit unsure how to go about doing it.  After sketching up some thumbnails I quickly came to the realization that all the images I create are infographics, they are just not presented as such. 

Bringing together a combination of type treatments, poster design, and logo-like illustrations, I created this infographic on how to successfully run a facebook contest.

Moral of the story: Don’t dwell on categories and genres and approach any task like you know what you’re doing.  Chances are, you really do.