Instructions
- Identify an image (before image) that violates visual design principles regarding Storytelling introduced in Chapter 15. Save your before onto your computer.
- Create a new file (1200 x 1800 pixels, 72 Pixel/Inch) with Adobe Photoshop.
- In the new file (after image), recreate the same information in the before image, but make each visual element comply with design principles introduced in Chapter 15.
- Upload both before and after images onto a Weebly page.
- In a paragraph (between 200 – 400 words), describe explicitly why the before image fails to comply with the visual principles and how you corrected it with your new design.
Storytelling - Before and After
Rationale
I chose to make a story of the Aesop fable, "The Lion and the Mouse." This is one of the fables I use in my class when we discuss genres in depth. This fable in particular is a harder one for the students to understand the moral of. We have always watched a short video of the story but they still were never able to fully grasp the moral because things happened so rapidly. So, I used pictures that showed, I felt, good emotion through the faces of the characters, as well as easy to understand graphics, to help the students get the gist. I had a really good time making this. I made several versions and finally decided on this one with the help of my 7 year old daughter, Raegan. She liked it best because the colors were nice and the pictures were easy to understand. Her last comment was, "I can read it and it makes sense."
I chose to make a story of the Aesop fable, "The Lion and the Mouse." This is one of the fables I use in my class when we discuss genres in depth. This fable in particular is a harder one for the students to understand the moral of. We have always watched a short video of the story but they still were never able to fully grasp the moral because things happened so rapidly. So, I used pictures that showed, I felt, good emotion through the faces of the characters, as well as easy to understand graphics, to help the students get the gist. I had a really good time making this. I made several versions and finally decided on this one with the help of my 7 year old daughter, Raegan. She liked it best because the colors were nice and the pictures were easy to understand. Her last comment was, "I can read it and it makes sense."