Transcript Developing guidelines for writeshops

Development art:
Putting art into
science
Paul Mundy
Yitagesu Mergia
Fitsum Wubeshet
Conceptualize some art!
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Think of a message you want to convey
Think of how to communicate it as a picture
Make a quick sketch
Why art?
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Adds visual interest (decoration)
Helps carry a message
(information)
Helps memory
Shows things
impossible to show
otherwise
Types of graphic
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Photo
Map
Diagram
Realistic line
drawing
Cartoon
Chart
Schematic
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Black/white
Colour
Photos
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Stunning, National
Geographic quality
Good composition
Good colour and
contrast
In focus, not blurred
Clear focal point of
interest
At least 1 MB
Not taken on a
mobile phone
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Get up close
Rule of
thirds
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Rule of
thirds
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Cropping
Framing
Crop to remove dead space
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Different ways to
crop a photo
Wait for the right
moment
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Framing
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Tell a story
Clear focal point of
interest
Boring meetings
Don’t use group photos
where people are just
looking at the camera
Get them to do
something
Find an unusual
angle
At least add an
explanatory caption
The participants came
from 14 countries in Africa
and Europe
Maps
Maps
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May have to
convert to
publishable
format
May have to completely redraw
Realistic drawings, shading
Sidi Lamine Drame, Senegal
Simple line
Bonaventure Nytotumba, Kenya
Sidi Lamine Drame, Senegal
Technical drawing
Art can show things that are
hard to photograph
Bonaventure Nyotumba, Kenya
Cartoon style
Jorge Enrique Gutiérrez, Colombia
Jorge Enrique Gutiérrez, Colombia
Chart
Cereals
Fruit
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20
Income
40
Icons instead of words
Cereals
Fruit
0
20
Income
40
Infographics
Infographics
Schematic
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Humour?
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Drawings
instead
of bullet
points
Yitagesu Mergia
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Labelled
diagram
Yitagesu Mergia
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Thought
bubbles
Yitagesu Mergia
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Explanatory
captions
Yitagesu Mergia
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Savings and credit
cooperative
Previously no
source of credit
Bank
Petty trader
Small-scale
entrepreneur
Large business
Boxes and
arrows
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Drawings instead
of plain boxes
Yitagesu Mergia
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Drawing as a
flow diagram
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Strip
cartoon
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Use existing art
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Find some clip art
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Images you already have
Search Google Images
www.developmentart.com/catalog.htm
Make sure you have copyright permission
Paul Mundy
www.mamud.com
DevelopmentArt.com
Rod Shaw
Petra Röhr-Rouendaal
Commission an artist
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In-house artist
Contracted in
Local art school
www.developmentart.com/artists.htm
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www.mamud.com
Know a good artist?
Got any copyright-free art?
Please let me know!
Paul Mundy
[email protected]
www.mamud.com