Illustrative Memory-Aid Challenge - Draw Sequences of Words and Numbers

  • Status: Closed
  • Prize: £140
  • Entries Received: 20
  • Winner: Takataca

Contest Brief

Introduction

A drawing challenge for intelligent creatives to logically portray data sequences. These shall form illustrations, which I will refer to as designs, drawings, drafts, concepts, sketches, or images, be they produced with by pens, pencils, photos, or computer aided design. The key word is memorability. See comments.

See examples in Diagram Inspirations.PDF, use the wording explained in Collections PDF.

Details

I am looking for the most memorable sequential illustration contestants propose in the moment. This contest is called the illustrative memory-aid challenge and will be closed shortly after having sufficient entries.

Your understanding of logic, rationality, juxtaposition, time-management, and the efficient use of geometry will be up against the skills of the other contestants to guide the primary contest ranking tool: My limited memory.

Connectors and symbols for sequential mnemonics are what you’d now bring to the forefront of your mind. Your methods shall be what are deemed most efficient for memorising ordered data under the specifications below. What would elevate your concept above all others will be relative memorability through rational application of meaning and geometry.

I present this challenge to you as a software engineer and designer with interests in English grammar, communication, rationality, automation, comics, video games, performance arts and intellectual arts. I like write notes, read books for about 2 hours a day and have a memory like a miniscule water bucket with holes. Such are the characteristics of the mind that will be used to judge the greatest illustration in this contest, oh and all facilitated by Microsoft Excel.

Specifications

Submitted concepts must either be
* In English
* Digital or Hand Drawn
* Any common use of dimensions. IE: 2D, 2.5D or 3D.
* Abstract (not so realistic), or Realistic (not so abstract)
* More or less in ISO A4 or US Letter size (in Landscape or Portrait)
* Provided in monochrome/greyscale, or up to ‘6’ colours maximum, noting the victory conditions
* If computer aided, the file format will be Adobe Illustrator / Photoshop (AI/PSD), PDF, or Microsoft Visio
* If scanned or photographed, save as an image of 300 dpi or more, with minimal compression PNG/JPG format

I’ll request a copy of the original files from the concept that yields the best score and wins.


Instructions
1) Read the victory conditions
2) Think of the most memorable graphs or illustrations you can remember from past years. Think of the most efficient method and of conceptualisation and illustration that I am likely to find most memorable. What sort of patterns am I likely to remember 24 hours after my observation?
3) Observe the attached inspirations document if uncertain.
4) You will be introduced to 6 collections of words and or numbers. From each collection, pick one row of the words and or numbers, using all that is in the row, in any order, and take note of them. You'll end up with 6 x 7 items noted.
5) For each of your 6 rows of words and or numbers, arrange them in any custom sequential order and direction deemed best for memorability, one word/number linking to the next, in line, union or juxtaposition. This will result with an arrangement of 6 sequencies, strings of data, in custom order, in a concept illustration.
6) Reread the victory conditions, then, proceed to add shape, lines, colours and or dimension to enhance my memory of your design.


Victory Conditions
The draft concept and its submitted preview image
a) adheres to the specification.
b) has text that can be interpreted easily, in full screen desktop preview from 5 feet away.
c) scores the most points in the following 3 categories of memorisation: Being memorable for me over 1 minute, 1 hour, and 1 day.
d) yields the highest score, or, if it ties, has the least number of colours, and if the colour count ties, I’ll select the concept most visually appealing to me.

Collections

See attachment for the collections.

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“Ivan provided the most exceptional drawings of a contest based on a challenging memory aid (mnemonics) diagram test. It was won by a professional who listened to feedback.”

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  • ctate
    Contest Holder
    • 1 year ago

    Thanks to you all for taking on the challenge.

    1st Place - Entry 25 - Takataca. Score 17.0 (Parsing 4.0: points, 1-Hour Recall: 5 points, 24-hour Recall : 8 points)
    2nd Place - Entry 11 - Anjaneyk. Score 16.6 (Parsing 3.6: points, 1-Hour Recall: 5 points, 24-hour Recall : 8 points)
    3rd Place - Entry 07 - cobot. Score 16.5 (Parsing 4.5: points, 1-Hour Recall: 6 points, 24-hour Recall : 6 points)
    4th Place - Entry 23 - Audreysur. Score 15.5 (Parsing 4.0: points, 1-Hour Recall: 7 points, 24-hour Recall : 4 points)
    5th Place - Entry 14 - FernandaLeAvi. Score 15.0 (Parsing 4.0: points, 1-Hour Recall: 7 points, 24-hour Recall : 4 points)

    • 1 year ago
  • ctate
    Contest Holder
    • 1 year ago

    With 4 hours left, after which tests will begin. The 4-5 star entries will undergo 24 hour memory tests so I can choose a winner.

    • 1 year ago
  • Takataca
    Takataca
    • 1 year ago

    Hi there, please check my new entries #24 and #25

    • 1 year ago
  • ctate
    Contest Holder
    • 1 year ago

    The great concepts are more sequence and information orientated now, after the extension, which is good.

    • 1 year ago
  • ctate
    Contest Holder
    • 1 year ago

    Although the size needs to be A4/US-letter page size, it is permitted to use more than one sheet; so as long as I can print the design on a common printer, and remember 42 words in order, I'm happy.

    • 1 year ago
  • mdmostafijar017
    mdmostafijar017
    • 1 year ago

    sir please check Entry #13

    • 1 year ago
  • mdmostafijar017
    mdmostafijar017
    • 1 year ago

    Sir my design plz check seq I have almost four years son in law experience in line art Entry #13

    • 1 year ago
  • ctate
    Contest Holder
    • 1 year ago

    I shall have to increase the contest prize sum, and the number of days to submit ideas, as there will need to be more entries to compare on spreadsheets.

    A number of questions the likely winner will do well to consider:

    A) After an hour of not seeing your concept, how is easy is it for you to recall the first, second... 7th/42nd items in sequential order?

    B) If your memory aid ideas were directions for a lost explorer in a far away land, required to find a away home, should these directions get lost, could the explorer recall the route for a long trip to a safety?

    C) What are the most memorable features about your memory aid ideas? How pretty they are; how nice the handwritten font is arranged on the page; or the order of data?

    • 1 year ago
  • ctate
    Contest Holder
    • 1 year ago

    To clarify on how these sequential illustrations ought to work:

    See attached Example Map 1, 2, 3 and 4. Then read the collections document, particularly the first paragraph. It will be useful to read the description twice over if stuck.

    In order for this contest to be of value, I will need at least 4 competitors for first prize. There's only one so far.

    • 1 year ago

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