Sunday, March 4, 2012

Mapping: Color

My first rough draft used way too many colors, and bright colors.  For my second rough draft, I focused on a variation of 1 color:  purple.  I chose purple because it is my favorite color.  Since my project is very specific to me, I thought this was an appropriate choice.  There are only 2 instances in which I stray from purple.  The first is the speech bubbles in the middle.  I used white because I thought it would center the eye and give the eye a break from purple.  I want the viewer to first notice the center, then make their way around the center.  The other instance is the pie chart.  This is because a pie chart divided into 4 spaces can't get away with using only 3 variations of purple.  I did choose purple for the spoken piece, again, because it's my favorite color.  I chose blue for Facebook because Facebook is blue.  I chose green for text because I have the iPhone, and the text icon is green on that.  I chose red for actions because people usually get embarrassed with I perform such actions around them.

Mapping: Rough Draft 2