Design Ideas for Infographics
These resources have examples of infographics. These can help you find inspiration, as well as get ideas for formatting your infographic. It can be helpful to see how others format certain information.
Note that these lists were found from around the web and are meant to provide design ideas. These sources were not vetted for the accuracy of their infographics.
What to Use to Create Your Infographic
There are many infographic software programs out there, some free and some not. You can use robust software like Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, but those require more of a learning curve. The follow resources are free (with paid options) and are meant to be used by those who may not have a lot of design experience.
- CanvaCanva is a graphic design platform that allows users to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents and other visual content. Users can choose from many professional designed templates, and edit the designs and upload their own photos through a drag and drop interface. Canva has the most content available for free. There is a limit for how many folders you can have, as well as storage.
- PiktochartPiktochart specializes in infographics, however free users are limited to 5 active designs. Easily create reports, presentations, infographics, social media graphics, and prints. You can turn any text-heavy content into a visual story that sticks with Piktochart’s collaborative design platform.
PowerPoint
As a UHV Student, you have access to PowerPoint, both through the browser in Office 365 and downloaded as a desktop application. You can create infographics in PowerPoint. PowerPoint has easy to use graphs to represent numerical information and has a new icon library.