final attempt at visual data

I did some more researching online in search of interesting data and I came across the Fargo floods. It caught my eye and I thought I could put something together representing the data I found. I printed it out and set it aside to deal with later.
Later came soon enough and so my attempt began. I thought the finished graphic had to be done on the computer so I attempted to do so with the In-design program. I had taken desktop publishing the semester before so I knew how to use the program, but I hadn't used the program since then.To say the least I forgot a thing or two. My attempt at final visual didn't turn out as I had imagined it to. I was less than satisfied with my work. I think for this project I should have stuck with drawing in my sketch book.

finding data gone visual

In finding visual data I at first was somewhat thrown off as to what kind of data to look for. Off hand when I think of visual data I think of all types of graphs.
My first search for visual data was graphs, I did my research online and found more than enough types of graphs. I felt I needed more visual data than just graphs. I continued to search in hopes to find more.
As I continued searching I came across the many types of visual data that is out there. I realized that more things than you think are considered visual data. The most interesting of my finds was weather data. Weather data is most often visual in some way. I found it interesting in the many ways it is put into visual form. From the radar map, temperature map, to pictures of clouds explaining a cloudy day ahead.
I feel more of our world is in the visual form than I assume a lot of people realize.

My first attempt at drawing.

Last week were assigned our first sketchbook task. I have always been somewhat of an artist-y person. Its not that I feel I really have the talent for it, I just always enjoyed doing it and it has always interested me. So my intial thought at the assignment was this could be a fun challenge, and a challenge it was indeed.
I was sitting at work with not much to do, work has been pretty quiet lately, so i decided I could attempt to be some what productive with my time. I got out my target sketch book from which I acquired from the little kid art section. I read the assignment, got situated, and started drawing my boxes.
I started out with a jump drive, I wanted to succeed, so I started  with something I felt would be simple enough for me to do that. I spent a lot of time on it and it was a much harder task than I had anticipated. I continued to draw and then found my self erasing more than I was drawing. I finished the jump drive feeling somewhat proud of my outcome.
The jump drive was confidence booster but it only seemed to get worse as I went along, and I continued to loose my patience.
By the end of my drawings I was less than impressed by the final two drawings. I found though through the experience I somewhat enjoyed the challenge, I might make a similar attempt in the near future, hopefully with a more positive outcome.

layout and typography

This is my first blog post.