#academic posters

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This is the poster I presented at the international bat research conference 😁

[michael-pemulis]

hello! it has been a really long time since I’ve made a real post, but here we are with something I have opinions on and can crank out quickly and may? be helpful and relevant. posters can take a really long time if you let them, so don’t let them! here’s how I make mine. 

First. if you take away nothing else from this post, print your poster on cloth. On Cloth. you can fold it up and put it in your suitcase. you don’t have to check a poster tube. you can store it easily in a drawer. you can iron it. you can wear it as a cape, or use it as a blanket for an emergency nap. and of course, everyone will think, wow, their poster’s on cloth, how cool, and this is a great conversation starter if you aren’t good at/comfortable with grabbing people during poster sessions. how to print your poster on cloth? it is easy! and affordable! hit up your friendly neighborhood https://www.spoonflower.com, and head over to their design function. they ship really quickly, and have good pricing! I like to print on performance knit since it doesn’t wrinkle, but that’s just a personal preference. boom, now your poster is cool. 

Second. use a template I swear to god everyone does it and you shouldn’t waste your time on formatting/wondering if your stuff is high enough resolution. I get my templates from here! they have many good choices for colors, or you can pick your own, and many options for sizing. please don’t waste your time making this from scratch it’s not worth it. and yes, you can literally make your poster in powerpoint, idk where other people even do it, so. 

Third. Consider how much you want to stand with your poster. less standing = more words. I usually bite the bullet and assume I’m going to be chained to my poster the entire session, so I use as many figures and as few blocks of text as possible, but it’s entirely up to you! but remember, it’s a poster, not a paper or even a letter, so bullets, short sentences, etc. are okay. generally you want to minimize the amount of text where possible, so see how much you can cut out and still have everything make sense. 

Fourth. test your poster before you print it. “but if I haven’t printed it, how will I know what it looks like irl?” find a projector, adjust the image size until it matches what you’re actually printing to, and see if everything makes sense. are your figures high enough resolution? did your text end up being really small? find this stuff out before you print, not after. 

Fifth. this is more nitpick-y, but some general good practice is

make sure your color scheme, figures, etc. don’t clash. the whole point is for people to look at it. 

PLEASE make sure your font is readable from some kinda distance. very small text = Bad. this may mean you have to cut some things, but remember, figures should convey more information than text, so use those as much as you can. 

title is in sans-serif font, body is in serif font. 

put your email on there somewhere

Sixth. I kinda didn’t wanna put this on there but if your poster doesn't have a references box, you may be doing something very very wrong. please cite. 

so that’s the super basics. I may edit this later, usual disclaimers, hope this helped. happy poster-making!

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Finishing off my poster, ready for the International Bat Research Conference next week! Absolutely stoked to be attending it 😄

[somecynicalanimator]

Module - Animation Context

I recently viewed online pieces of work created for an art exhibition called “Why Don’t You”, which is at the AIR Art Gallery, Altrincham. I’m considering visiting this exhibition at some point, given how interesting it would be to see an exhibit consisting of stop motion puppets. I’m considering picking up a book called The Layout Book, as I hear it may be useful in teaching me some basic aspects of graphic design. During lecture, we discussed the importance of networking, at events such as Motion North, and how production bibles can play a key part in finding employment after graduation, which is why during today’s lecture we covered graphic design an its importance to animators. How it can be used not only for Creative C.V.s, but also Pitch Documents and, of course, Production Bibles. We discussed the importance of grids in graphic design, which is where the clean, easy to read nature of graphic work stems from, as it’s so often well-organised thanks to the use of grids. Graphically designed pieces often tend to be ocular-centric, or at the very least often feature a health balance of text and images. May informational posters are often formatted in either three columns, or into numerous quadrants, which creates some order within the poster while at the same time keeping the poster looking dynamic and interesting. We discussed academic posters, and the trends within designing them. One point that was stressed to us was that it is important not to patronise your audience, to convey information while also respecting your audience’s intelligence. In the latter half of the lesson, we were given a tutorial on Adobe InDesign, and how to use it. We were taught how to use frame boxes to add images and text, and how to turn frame boxes into quadrants. We were taught a number of keyboard shortcuts, as well as how to create place holder text. It was recommended that the smallest text size we use is 12 points, so as to be legible to as many people as possible. During my spare time, I found out about a website called Skwigly. I’ve heard that when looking for cutting-edge news relating to animation, Skwigly is a website this is very up-to-date, gaining news on new animation developments faster than other companies, such as IGN. During my own time, I’ve been able to thumb through parts of the Vinelli Canon. While I do have experience with graphic design to some extent, I feel that this book has helped greatly inform me of graphic design process, what goes into producing graphic design work, and has helped improve my pre-existing abilities.

I produced this poster layout, reverse engineering a poster I saw, using placeholder text and images I found on Google matching the topic I plan to cover, in accordance with my statement of intent. This is my first time using InDesign, although I have used many other Adobe programs before. This was my attempt to come to grips with understanding how to use graphic design theory and applying it to academic posters. I feel like with more development, I could develop my skills in design. One thing i had trouble doing was moving images and resizing them without them being cropped incorrectly. I did manage to read through an InDesign guide which I feel will help improve any projects I produce using InDesign in future.

[radioactivepigeons]

I organized a conference last year, and asked all the students and postdocs to present a poster abstract. Was having trouble getting in contact with a student. The admin (Katie) I was working with to organize got this reply

Hi Katie,

Please see my abstract below:

Abstract Using prime indicators of obesity including Body Mass Index (BMI) in conjunction with Bioelectric Impedance (BIA) I identify possible candidates from around the world which may strip Manuel Uribe of his title of “world’s fattest man”. I then pit these candidates against each other in a reality show style competition, culminating in a sumo wrestling match against Mr. Uribe himself. Any revenue derived from my activities will be channeled into my upcoming study, the search for the “world’s meanest grandparent”.

Love,

My Scientist, PHD

[juliefairy]

I’d just like to say that getting started on your work really helps (duh). Like even if you’re terrible at staying focused or working for long periods of time. For example, we have a massive posterpresentation due 3 week from now, and we got the assignment 3 weeks ago, it counts for a large part of our final grade on the subject and most of us have no (graphic) design experience, so we have to get accustomed to the software etc. Right now I’m 3/4 done. I started the day after we got the assignment en messed around for a bit, about 20 minutes at a time, and today I did some larger chucks of work. The only thing left to do is the actual “design” part of it, I have all my images and text in +/- the right place so I only have to make it “academically appealing”, make sure everything lines up, and print. Yeey!

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