Until the end of August, the @datavisclub will work through “Observe, Collect, Draw!” by @stefpos & @giorgialupi. I wrote about why you should join us here: blog.datawrapper.de/datavis-bookcl…
I thought it’s fun to document my process in the following tweets:
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First tasks: Realizing that there’s a creative soul in you, too! And realizing that drawing as many dots as possible is easier when the dots are closer together.
Also, I think I was supposed to add color to the mix, too, but I don’t like color that much… #observecollectdraw
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After working on some smaller too-personal-to-share exercises from #observecollectdraw, here’s one I put quite some work in: “#06 My books”.
I decided to change the suggested design, to use only 2 colors and to show how happy a book made me. Some work in progress pics:
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Here’s the final result.
The wider a book in this graphic, the more “space” it has in my life & the happier it made me – so some physically big books appear as very thin here.
Red = reading progress. Black cap = physical book / no black cap = digital book.
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