Holiday Cards For This Year

   Another year, another set of holiday cards made! These were certainly fun to do this year, and I think these are some of my best works yet. With hat said, I hope you enjoy!

Preference Vs. Statistic: Round 2

 

      Alright, time to talk about this again! Once again, I want to talk about opinions, facts, and  what it can mean for Graphic Design. Last time, I went over how statistics can be mainly looked at as a group of common  preferences linked together. I also talked about how people can fave their opinions change overtime when they learn about new information along the way. This time however, I want to go in more detail about the behind the scenes statistics.

      To give an example of what I mean, and to touch up on another blog, I'll  reference the bigger, isn't always better argument. Pikmin 2 is a sequel to the game Pikmin, both made by Nintendo. Now, while one can argue Pikmin 2 is more impressive with its randomly generated caves, multitude of enemies and treasures to collect, and that it has 2-player; there are people who gravitate towards Pikmin 1. The reason mainly being that while 1 doesn't have as much, it's a more compact experience that doesn't drain you when you want to play it. So, while one game is more technically impressive the other has more people nostalgic for it.

  

        Nostalgia is also another factor to this argument. While you could argue something you watched, or played recently is better, your fond memories will always give bias to your judgement. As such, with all of these things to look at, I feel that designers can learn a lot from preferences and statistics. Obviously statistics give them a good learning field to try ideas in, while they could learn from different opinions and their own preferences, as to give a good curve to their work. With all of that said, thank you once again for reading, and stay tuned!

       

Preference Vs Statistics

 

       So, it goes without saying we all have our opinions on something. Whether those opinions be positive or negative, they are ours. As it just so happens, there are also undeniable facts that we have to agree with. Despite this though, we can still hold onto our opinions. Yes they may change when presented with other information, or as we grow overtime, but it is still our opinions. So today, I wanted to talk about opinions vs facts: preference vs statistics!

       Starting off, I want to ask the question, 'what is your hot take?' It could be on anything. A piece of media, a type of food, a situation going on in the world right now, whatever. Just think about it, and then think about how it conflicts with the major opinion you've seen go about. At the end of the day, it's going to be you against them. (Whether that is good or bad, I don't know). So, while you could say it is a fact that the majority of people share an opinion on something, and your preference goes against this.

     In short, while it is people's opinion on thing is good, it's a fact that the majority of people have that opinion. All in all, while everybody is going to have their preference, statistics are at least a decent way to group those preferences together. Another thing statistics group up is how well something, be it a movie or a game, does. While your preference could lean to liking it, statistically, it didn't make much money, and won't be getting a sequel anytime soon. With that in mind, I hope you're getting an idea of what I'm trying to tell you.