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This is the Visual Rhetoric blog of Joseph Henry Stadolnik IV.
It was created for the B-Term 2017 session of WPI's Visual Rhetoric course, taught by Professor deWinter.

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Worcester Map, Part 2: The Map

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Rough Draft      After settling on a set of locations, Jack and I began the process of making the map. We used Google Maps as our source of both the raw map were were modifying and the specific walking paths we selected. All paths included were the most direct route from the seal in the center of the Quad to the addresses of the locations.      I ending up doing most of the graphical work on the image components of the map. However, I made sure to check in with Jack and ask for his feedback on the main visual details, like getting his suggestions and approval on color and icon choices. I also deliberately didn't add text or marker icons to the map image itself, instead opting to have Jack and I add these in using Google Slides so it could be done more collaboratively and small tweaks could be made more efficiently. This was the rough draft version of our map:      Each location is marked with an icon that has a relevant symbol on i...
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Humanities and Arts Comic, Part 3: Rough Draft #2

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Final Project, Part 2: The Font

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