Design Production for Digital//Top 10//Visual Association.

Creating a montage of images of the varying species of penguins, I posted the collective image on my Facebook page, in attempts to gauge a reaction of certain visual factors to establish which species would be appropriate not only for my subject matter, but, more importantly, for the character of my motion graphics piece, and the target market it is intended for- asking people three questions from the series of images:

1. Which penguin is the most visually representative of a penguin?

2. Which penguin is the most visually interesting?

3. Which penguin is the "cutest" looking?

These are the responses I recevied-

VISUALLY REPRESENTATIVE

1. EMPEROR

2. EMPEROR

3. EMPEROR

4. EMPEROR

5. EMPEROR
6. EMPEROR

INTERESTING

1. ROCKHOPPER

2. ROCKHOPPER

3. YELLOW-EYED

4. ROCKHOPPER

5. ROCKHOPPER
6. ROCKHOPPER

CUTE

1. LITTLE (BLUE)

2. AFRICAN

3. AFRICAN

4. ROYAL

5. MACARONI

6. LITTLE (BLUE)

Really great response and answers from people- Emperor a clearly distinctive choice for my designs, with automatic cultural and visual connotations and links- the interesting being clearly "taken" by the Rockhopper species for their unusual markings and crests, and the "cute" choice perhaps a little more surprising- with the African Penguin, though the matching number of "votes" (II) was chosen for the Little (Blue) species, which I would have naturally assumed to be recognised as the "cute" species for it's small height and stature. Of course, the images chosen would have had a large influence, but it's great to hear the points of views of others, and enables me to keep an open mind, (or, in the case of visually representative- a strong influence!) when designing my motion graphics piece.