Infographics are a visual presentation format that combine text and graphics in such a way that the information presented is succinct, understandable, and easily seen and relatable. For those who play Pokémon Go, infographics are indispensable for knowing event information quickly and passing on that information, even with errors that might be present from time to time. Fortunately, for them, there are a few of these creators (furnishers), and they all have something to offer, aside from the different styles that they all bring to the table.
One of the most popular furnishers is LeekDuck, whose name derives from the vegetable carried by a certain bird Pokémon. The created infographics are quite elegant, colorful (most of the time at least), and professional-looking; the people behind them have evidently taken the time to make them look as such, and they closely parallel the official presentations of news by Pokémon Go itself. I'm actually preferential to theirs (and likely others as well) over other furnishers, but as with others, I'll take infographics furnished by any party.
Go Stadium might be better known as a PvP resource, but it also furnishes infographics, particularly for major(ly relevant) events. Their infographics are made by G47IX, and the quality is almost similar to LeekDuck, albeit sometimes appearing more condensed due to fitting in more information in individual editions. I would say that their infographics follow those of LeekDuck and are suitable in a pinch, balancing the amount of contained information along with the elegance of presenting that information.
Next up, there's G2G Media. Earlier editions of their infographics contained attribution to Legends Lima, but more recent editions have indicated an attribution to Miko Graphics (with its stylized Tepig head) instead, which is clearly a shift in creatorship. The infographics are also a touch more crowded compared to Go Stadium and more so compared to LeekDuck, but they too attempt to maintain some elegance and colorfulness with a slight change of styling. Even with that, the comprehensiveness of their infographics is not to be counted out.
Lastly, there are the infographics of GoHub, made by ThePokeGoHunter. Compared to the others, these ones represent a content cram more than anything else; text styling is quite different and varied, and there are lots of sharp rectangles, as opposed to the rounded rectangles of the others. Yet, the unbelievable quality of what is included in their infographics is still remarkable, and they deserve a full mention as the others and as something that really works out in a pinch.
(Actually, the last is not the last; Pokémon Go itself has created its own infographics, but for limited coverage: as a way of summarizing season info and events - and then there's the many Pokémon Go infographics of a certain furnisher, but the information contained in them might be regarded as "early access" or "sensitive", so I do not wish to mention further.)
The furnishers (creators) of the infographics of Pokémon go all deserve a good amount of commendation. They've always tried to fit all the relevant things Trainers need to know about an event or events in a single image in the typical spirit of an infographic, and they all accomplish that in as different styles as one can imagine for all of the ones concerned. If the overall goal of infographics is to provide effective communication, then that is and will always definitely be accomplished by the ones above for the realm of Pokémon Go.
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