Comments for Adventures in Thesishood

Comment on Sections by Move

Move — Mon, 07 May 2012 10:50:01 +0000

It looks really very nice! Congrats!

Comment on Thesis Presentation I by Mark Pariani

Mark Pariani — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:50:15 +0000

Tara, couple of comments of you presentation. It seems like you have a lot of good content and information but I think your pages could be more dynamic. I like how you have the three blue bars on each page to sorta separate the flow of the information on the page but when you have a diagram or image that is full page you should take out the middle blue bar. I don’t know if this happened in just the version you posted here or in your real version but that middle blue bar shows through your full page images and becomes confusing to read. Also, your choice of font is just a little old fashioned. I know SCAD is all about image and good graphics so a simple and effective way to boost your audience interest is to use a more modern font that is clean while being fun and easy to read. You could also start to make certain key words bold or italic or even bigger so they will stand out quicker in your presentations. Hope this helps, keep up the great work.

Comment on Site Analysis by Mark Pariani

Mark Pariani — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:18:13 +0000

Hey Tara. One thing I wanted to comment on about your graphics is that you use a lot of gradients in your designs. Like in your tree it fades from brown to lighter brown. I don’t know what your preferences are but I think this looks a bit too old school powerpoint if you know what I mean. The time-line looks good but you might want to change up some of the other graphics so they are more bold. I love the huge multi-colored chart about what time of year plants should be grown, it is a bit hard to read but I think after looking at it a second time I am starting to see it better.