Thursday, April 17, 2008

--JUST WRITE IT OUT--
WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS
Did I mention that my first real task at my new job is basically requiring the skills of a graphic designer--which I am not?
It's not that bad, actually, content is also critical to the project.  But I want my content to be appealing to the eye and darn it if I just can't figure out how to make it look good!  Finally, our nuclear symbol transformed into a flower is a bullet-point for the display board posters.  That was quite an accomplishment--But printing the sections out to larger sizes is tweaking me out...and I know I could do so much more with the right tools.
At the same moment--maybe people will read the text if they aren't distracted by fluffy graphics.  Unless they serve a pedagogical purpose--there is not a reason for graphics.  And, I have always been textually oriented.  In college, I never used power point for presentations.  I have always educated via spoken word, using very few visual examples.  Maybe I need to change, maybe not.
The Board is separated into three parts.  The middle-panel is the center-piece.  It holds the Mission of SRA, pictures of members, and a Please Join section.  Stage left is the "Nuclear Power is Not Green and Clean"  Then Why Do We Need a Watchdog, then the two proposed developments, and ways "You Can Act."  Stage right is the "Idaho Has Renewable Potential"  One big explanation of all the renewables, picture of windmills, and a map of Idaho's renewable sources:  Geothermal, Solar, Bio-mass, Wind.  That's it.  Whew!  
It's the gauntlet, there always is one at the beginning of a job.  So little air down there too.  No sunlight.  Lucky for music and a door to close for giggling and groaning while I work.

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