Audience Feedback

I showed my data visualisation to my target demographic and received feedback to improve my project. The feedback included slowing down the time in which the alcohol fact appeared and also slowing down the time in which the data appears. Additionally, I will edit the colour of the alcohol fact as I do not like the cranberry colour.

Development of Project-adding sound

I have adjusted the alcohol fact to a more comprehensible colour, the fact also fades in and out. I have also added sound so when a user clicks on a day of the week a sound of a drink being opened and poured is heard.

I found the sound on Youtube, it is named 'Soda Pouring Sound Effect.' I downloaded the sound using Youtube converter, then imported the sound from iTunes to Adobe Flash.

Bibliography

Crankdatbutcrack (2009) Sound Pouring Sound Effect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g77tSvhTRiA (Accessed: 9 December 2012) 

Development of Project-adding the alcohol facts

The above shows one of the alcohol facts which will appear after the data has been shown. I hand wrote all the alcohol facts then scanned them into a computer, then adjusted the brightness and contrast of them in Photoshop. At the moment the fact appears after a click of the mouse, however, I want the fact to fade in and out. Additionally, I find the fact very hard to read in black so I will adjust the colour to something more apprehensible.

The alcohol facts are from drinkaware.co.uk, an example of a fact is 'Binge drinking can affect your mood and your memory.'

Bibliography

Bateman (2012) Alcohol and your health. Available from: http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/facts/factsheets/alcohol-and-your-health (Accessed 23 November 2012)

Development of Project-adding the data

The visualisation now shows the alcohol consumption the student consumed for Week one and two. For some days of the week  the student has consumed an astonishing amount over the recommended daily amount. I am hoping that the results of this graph will make other students assess how much they binge drink.
 I adjusted the opacity for the  the lines on the graph, as some of the lines overlap and thus it will be easier to compare the data. If you look closely at Sunday's image half of it has been cut off due to the layering of Saturday's image. This was a regular problem that occurred when creating the visualisation. Therefore, I had to re-open all the images in Photoshop separately and erase the background layer in order for all the images to overlap in Flash. I have yet to add sound to the project and the alcohol facts.

Development of Project

Here is a screenshot to demonstrate what the visualisation will look like when the user clicks on a day of the week.This will be repeated for each day of the week. The grey strip shows the recommended daily amount for women and the orange and blue strips show the how many units were consumed for Week 1 and 2. I used these complimentary colours as they are clear and easy to comprehend.

The first stages of my project

I have started to create my project in Adobe Flash. I hand drew the images then scanned them into a computer. I uploaded my scanned images into Photoshop, adjusting the brightness and contrast.
Below shows what my project looks like static, I need to create the buttons for each day of the week and add the alcohol facts.

Practicing in Adobe Flash

I have decided to use Adobe Flash instead of Processing as I find it will be easier to produce my data visualization. I have practiced creating buttons, but I am not sure how to make a button do an action yet. Thus, I will practice further.