For my poster, I did a graphic featuring where certain elements go on a Scout Uniform. I did the common features of a Scout uniform, such as the patrol patch, the epaulettes, and the council and troop number badges, and a troop hat. I would show this to people that had just entered into Scouts, and were looking for an easy graphic to know where stuff was located. I showed this to my friend Nolan from my Boy Scout Troop (No not Nolan from class) and he thought it was a decent graphic, but I was missing some things. I used the graphic I had in my Scout Handbook to remember exactly where things go, to be sure I got everything right. I also used a picture from google that I attached to this post. If I had more time, and did not have a shoddy memory, I would have made sure to include other badges that can be found on a Scout uniform, such as the rank badge. What I struggled with was trying to make the dimensions right and to make sure they lined up properly with a real uniform. my AHA moment was when I was drawing the final image – I realized that I was getting the dimensions right and was inspired to keep it that way. I wish I had better colors to bring the real uniform color to life, I used the ones I had available to me. This would help someone memorize the locations of objects because they are numbered and and in easy to see locations, that make it obvious where each object will be on a real uniform. When we have the kids put badges on in Scouts we try to have them memorize where their badges go so this diagram I drew would be a helpful one in letting them remember the items.



One reply on “Explanation Graphic”
Definitely PASS. Excellent work with this Explanation graphic. Definitely nice to see your thumbnails, and I would say that it might make your life easier to color digitally and use a computer for laying out your text. Very nice drawing, but i think you should add some more annotations regarding your own boy scout badges and uniform. This is because a reader could consult the handbook for a similar diagram, but what makes yours unique (besides you drawing it) would be your annotations. Do the patches have a designated side (left or right) that they must go on? What was the hardest badge to get? More information about that would be quite interesting to people who want to follow your example. Nice work!
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