Part 1: Infographic Poster

Part 2: Proposal

Julissa Alvarez

Jody R. Rosen

Eng 1121

2024 May 13

For Part 1 of Project 3, I made an infographic poster of Project 2. In Project 2, I talked about how therapy animals or emotional support animals should be available to college students. We as college students aren’t immune to stress and detrimental mental health. If anything,  we’re more exposed to it since we have the stresses of projects, exams, work (if you’re employed), and the general life of adulthood. With all the information I’ve collected in Project 2, it made sense to make something that can demonstrate information in a fun and easy way. Hence, the reason why I made an infographic poster.

Originally, I wanted to make a mini-comic about my topic. Being an illustrator myself, it was the most comfortable and easy option for me. However, I remembered a problem I had last semester in English Composition 1. Similarly, I made a mini-comic about a topic that overall did well, but the professor didn’t see how my topic information matched the comic. With that in mind and not wanting to make the same mistake, the infographic poster was the second-best choice. An infographic poster includes both illustrations/visuals and information. In short, I was able to make my not-so-fun research from Project 2 into a fun piece for Project 3.

My progress while making this poster was sort of everywhere, but let’s start at the beginning. Firstly, I made a few sketches of possible posters I could make. I generally wanted all my posters to look wholesome and cute since I’m talking about animals. I used common pet animals in the poster I chose since it’s familiar to many people and it’s friendly. With this, I had to keep in mind what kind of dog and cat breed I was drawing. For instance, I can’t draw a pitbull or a rottweiler since they unfortunately have negative connotations. I don’t believe that, but other people who see the poster may think otherwise. I ended up drawing a Golden Labrador since they are known for their friendly and nurturing nature. It was also in honor of Jenny, the dog I talked about in Project 2. I also chose a Shiba Inu due to its popularity and friendly and cute face. Similarly to the cats I used in my poster, I couldn’t use a black cat because they are considered unlucky. Again, I don’t agree with that, but I had to make it appeal to the eyes of others and not just myself. My exception for a black cat was to make a Tuxedo cat. The other cat I chose was a white/light gray cat since they are considered pretty. The last animal I chose was a hamster because they’re cute and I wanted to show that emotional support/therapy animals don’t have to be just cats and dogs. After picking and choosing my animals, I began drawing the general layout on a drawing app I used called ibisPaint. I then pulled the whole poster into Adobe InDesign to add text and make the final touches to my poster.

As I mentioned earlier, I want my topic and poster to attract the eyes of college students. Most of my argument in Project 2 was that emotional support/ therapy animals should be available to college students via a program or students can bring their pets WITH proper registration. Emotional support/therapy animals can help reduce stress, depression, and other mental health problems a student may have. Emotional support/therapy animals can also help with cognitive skills and even boost grades which will look good on the students, and the colleges.

If this poster were to be published, I’d obviously like it printed as a poster or even a flyer. I also think having it as a digital poster on college websites would work, too. Nonetheless, my poster is supposed to advertise and promote having emotional support/therapy animals in colleges available to students.