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February 4, 2007

Sandy’s Great Graphic Tips: Why Use Graphics?

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 3:33 pm

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What Does Learning Style Have To Do With Graphics?

We each have a different learning style. The three basic styles are visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (VAK). Approximately 60-70% (depending on the source) of the general population are predominantly visual learners. They need visual aids to fully grasp a concept or idea.

Graphics are a huge reason people flock to the web. Humans are generally more receptive to things we see compared to things we hear. That means a well-placed graphic on your post can make a world of difference to their experience.

The term ‘graphic’ describes visual elements like photographs, drawings, illustrations, diagrams, charts, maps, symbols, fonts, etc. Graphics can be a very effective method to express a concept. Remember the proverb, “a picture is worth a thousand words”? Sometimes you can use a graphic to express an idea that may otherwise take pages.

Graphics:

What’s Your Learning Style?

What type of learning style do you have? Visual, Auditory or Kinesthetic? Find out with the Learning Style Survey.

Here’s my results. The graphic says it all…

Learning Style

Stay tuned… in upcoming weeks we’ll talk more about graphics. Let me know what you think. If there are specific things you want to discuss, feel free to leave a comment and we’ll start there.

Here’s some ideas I thought of:

See you next time!

–Sandy, Purple Wren

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8 Comments to “Sandy’s Great Graphic Tips: Why Use Graphics?”

  1. February 5th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
    C. B. Whittemore said

    Sandy, very interesting post and so very relevant across the board. Thanks!

  2. February 5th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
    Barb said

    This sounds like a very useful series for me. I’ve just downloaded some great “smiley blobs” to use on my sites, but they’re graphics and I have no idea how to use them! From where to put them in my files (I need to do that, right?) to how to get them in my post, and all the same size, etc. :D

  3. February 6th, 2007 at 11:35 am
    Sandy said

    Hi Christine,

    Thanks for stopping by. This will be fun for me. Let me know if there’s anything specific that would be helpful.

    Sandy

  4. February 6th, 2007 at 11:43 am
    Sandy said

    Hi Barb,

    Thanks for writing. It’s a good idea to upload graphics to a file so you can refer to it multiple times - and not add a file multiple times. (If that makes sense.) Please email me and maybe I can address your question specifically.

    Sandy

  5. February 11th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
    Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Sandy’s Great Graphic Tips: Selecting File Types said

    [...] Related articles: Great Graphic Tips: Why Use Graphics? Great Graphic Find: Pixel Ruler Great Graphic Find: FavIcon from Pics Great Graphic Find: SnagIt [...]

  6. February 14th, 2007 at 3:27 am
    trendoffice said

    I have almost the same results - will publish them on my blog. It is something we probably inherit, but I am sure that we develop our abilities through our work and occupation. I think that if we make a survey, most of the professionals in design will have similar results - we have just used to communicate through images.

  7. February 14th, 2007 at 11:20 am
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Trendoffice!
    We’ve learned to interpret visual data more and more, for lots of reason . . . some are because of the increase in visual data in our enivronment and because schools have actively sought to teach the interpretation of it and the use of such things as graphic organizers for sorting thoughts.

    Those things help as well. :)

  8. April 8th, 2007 at 4:27 am
    Gardener.se » Hur skapar man en populär blogg? said

    [...] Egentligen borde jag ha fler bilder i mina blogginlägg men det blir det sällan. Dels tar det tid att leta upp bra och passande bilder och dels har jag svårt för att sno bilder från internet. Dessutom är det inte ofta jag skriver om något som det finns några naturliga bilder att ta med, förutom när det gäller TV-serier förstås. [...]

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