Assignment+5

Assignment 5: Illustrations
Due October 30, 2009

For this assignment I added many illustrations/images to my wiki to give more information and add visual interest.

Wiki
I added a logo to my wiki which contains an image. (to set a mood)

Home
I added the cover image from our textbook to my home page. (representational)

Assignment 2
Technically my re-design of the fitness sports page is an image (jpg). (chart)

Assignment 4
I added a postcrossing banner. I added a scan of a postcard received from Belarus.(representational, set a mood)

Reflection
My wiki had a default logo with some type of plant and the name of my wiki. To personalize my wiki and help demonstrate the purpose of my wiki I added a new logo (31). I do not like the way it currently looks because it does not have a transparent background and I think it is a distraction. I still need to figure out a way with my limited resources to make the background transparent. I added the cover image from our textbook to my home page. This was a suggestion from my reviewer during our last review. I agree that adding an image makes the page look less bland.I already had an image on my Assignment 2 page. I used a jpg as my solution to showing my re-design. On my Assignment 4 page I added a Postcrossing banner to provide visual interest and a link for more information about the site. I also added a scan of a postcard received. I find this wiki frustrating when adding images. It is difficult to position them exactly where I desire. In Chapter 11 Redish discusses four categories of purposes Illustrations can serve: (305)
 * representational
 * meant to convey a concept or process
 * a chart, graph or map
 * to envoke an emotional response or set a mood

I indicated the purpose for each illustration on my wiki next to the listing of illustrations.

Update
I was able to create a logo with a transparent background. I like it much better.