We all know effective communication skills are good for success in life, but, sometimes, it can even be a matter of life and death. This is true of the story of Antoinette Tuff, which is told through the eyes of Diana Dresser, one of ARTiculate: Real & Clear’s vocal coaches, in her latest blog post. I was tasked with creating a graphic from the phrase “Love the voice.” While some pieces of ideas were thrown about, this was the main piece of information from which to formulate my design.
GRAPHIC First Draft: Love the Voice
The first draft graphic that I came up with was okay, but not stellar. The phrase “love the voice” is there, but it lacked depth and was a pretty ordinary looking piece.
The feedback that I received from the ARC team was that the gentleman in the graphic was too closed off, which made perfect sense, as a HUGE part of what they teach is open communication and body language. However, the point of the graphic was to show him hugging the voice. Where was the compromise?
Instead, we decided to start from scratch, and I’m so glad that we did. We talked about utilizing a “kid drawing” quality, which lead me to bring up hand drawn Valentine’s Day cards, as the holiday is fast approaching. The resulting graphic was created in Illustrator utilizing the Artistic brush set and my skills of drawing with a mouse.
GRAPHIC DESIGN: For the Love of Effective Communication for ARTiculate: Real & Clear by BasicallyRed (Stevie Caldarola)
The point of Diana’s article is connection: both with our voices, and utilizing our voices to connect with others. This is why we “Love the voice.” What do you think of this graphic? Which one do you like better- the first draft or the final product? If you saw the final draft passing in your social feed, would you be interested to click and read further? Leave your comments below!
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