A review of visual strategies in pictorials

TY - GEN

T1 - A review of visual strategies in pictorials

AU - Rasmussen, Majken Kirkegaard

AU - Pakanen, Minna

AU - Heiselberg, Kasper

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 Owner/Author.

PY - 2024/6

Y1 - 2024/6

N2 - This pictorial review illustrates an array of visual strategies employed in 271 pictorials published in DIS, C&C, and TEI conferences between 2014 and 2023. Based on a thematic analysis the pictorial review presents the visual strategies under seven analytical themes: 1) composition, 2) typography, 3) colour, 4) drawing attention, 5) visual style, 6) active engagement, and 7) visual related work. The review focuses on strategies for communicating research visually, rather than the content and contribution of the reviewed pictorials. The review outlines both basic graphical principles, as well as novel use of visual elements. The pictorial is the first attempt at a visual analysis of the pictorial format, offering authors of future pictorials, both an overview of the development of the format, as well as inspiration for new ways to complement text with visual content. Lastly, the challenges and future potentials which emerged from the review are discussed.

AB - This pictorial review illustrates an array of visual strategies employed in 271 pictorials published in DIS, C&C, and TEI conferences between 2014 and 2023. Based on a thematic analysis the pictorial review presents the visual strategies under seven analytical themes: 1) composition, 2) typography, 3) colour, 4) drawing attention, 5) visual style, 6) active engagement, and 7) visual related work. The review focuses on strategies for communicating research visually, rather than the content and contribution of the reviewed pictorials. The review outlines both basic graphical principles, as well as novel use of visual elements. The pictorial is the first attempt at a visual analysis of the pictorial format, offering authors of future pictorials, both an overview of the development of the format, as well as inspiration for new ways to complement text with visual content. Lastly, the challenges and future potentials which emerged from the review are discussed.

KW - graphic design

KW - Pictorials

KW - review

KW - visual communication

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85197947956&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1145/3635636.3656212

DO - 10.1145/3635636.3656212

M3 - Article in proceedings

AN - SCOPUS:85197947956

SP - 211

EP - 228

BT - C&C 2024

PB - Association for Computing Machinery

T2 - 16th Conference on Creativity and Cognition, C and C 2024

Y2 - 23 June 2024 through 26 June 2024

ER -