Visual+Literacy

Visual Literacy Critique

The visual tells me that Americans eat more protein than they probably should. The amount of meat consumed per year is huge. The design of the visual is not necessarily the best. The pictures are aligned with the words in the way they should be; however, they need to be similar in size. The picture of the chick would be the better size for the rest of the pictures because the KFC bucket and the hotdog overlap, indicating that they are too big. The repetition of the words needs to be more consistent because three of the boxes show the number of meat consumed per year; however, the box about the amount of chickens eaten is per second. The organization of the piece is a little off because the two beef products are separate from each other. In order to improve the organization the visual should group the two beef products together and then the two chicken products together with the visual still to the right of the text. The color of the visual is alright, but it needs to be more consistent. Three of the boxes have cool colors in them except the hotdog one, which makes that box stick out from the rest. The depth and spacing of the visual are fine; nothing sticks out and it is easy to read. The visual does not need to be spaced because that would take away from the informational purpose of the visual. Overall the tools were well used; however the actions and the perceptions/principles could be improved.

This assignment was the easiest because all I had to do was critique a picture based on the tools I learned from a PowerPoint. I thought it was not as exciting or fun of a project though because there was not as much thought and instruction behind it. I would not use this assignment idea in my classroom; however, I might pass it along to the art teacher.