"How to" Spaghetti Dinner

The instructional "how to" spaghetti dinner chart was initially a simple process when I thought it out in my head, but as I started sketching I realized that the process had a lot more steps when being put down on paper. I began with boiling the water and warming the tomato sauce. Naturally I designed the chart to be read top to bottom and left to right, but I think aesthetically it is correct. Step 3 shows the pasta being added to the boiling water and then stirred shortly after. The center of the chart contains a dinner table that symbolizes the step of setting the table while the spaghetti cooks. After draining the spaghetti, divide it on the plates along with the tomato sauce, and enjoy!
As a total design I think it's successful in instructing someone to make a spaghetti dinner with only using visual elements. At first I thought it would be easy but instead it became a visual puzzle that I had to put together.

Lawncare Chart

The Botts fertilizer sketch was an interesting way of trying to explain an amount of information without using any actual words and only visual elements. I began with the arrows which distinguish the difference between above ninety degrees and below ninety degrees, using green and red to show a difference.  I sketched a sun icon to represent the dry conditions, thus applying the A-1 fertilizer to the lawn. Fertilizer A-1-1 is shown with an insect icon to represent the insect repellent added in this separate fertilizer mixture. Wet conditions are shown with the rain clouds which comes with or without insect treatment.

Designing this chart was difficult at first because I wanted to show the information in an ordered form while having colorful icons to help represent the conditions for applying the fertilizer. Keeping a simple design that enabled someone to read and understand the information quickly was the main goal in order to be successful.

Collage

When I first started cutting out pictures I didn't know we were trying to design a collage. I began trying to find something to fill the middle which was the UV advertisement. I cut out a couple weird pictures of characters that are in the media today that might have an alcohol influence to their work, for example lady gaga.

I noticed that with a lot of the others they were successful in creating a interesting collage and I don't think I truly did. It's too empty and the white space breaks it up even more that I expected. If I were to change it I would focus on a theme and explore that so the collage would have a structured appearance.