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Category Archives: Graphics
Hans Rosling – Health Statistics TED talk – Gapminder
Great interaction with moving data to explain life expectancy vs. family size and more. The tool is Gapminder.
Why are we not using the data we have? Because the data is hidden in databases.
Templates for Device Mockups from CreativePro
Device and hand models available from Facebook. Read more here: http://creativepro.com/templates-for-device-mockups/
Hebrew pastes backward in Adobe Illustrator
Strange, but true. https://forums.adobe.com/thread/796495?tstart=0 Here’s some suggestions on fixes. I adjusted tracking to a large negative number, then expanded the text.
The great dreidel picture is from Wikimedia – details and image here.
Better PowerPoint and article design for better results
October 27, 2015 Washington Post article – Good design causes readers to pay more attention to news articles.
Reynolds school of Journalism article on good article design cited by Lopez in his blog post: https://www.rjionline.org/stories/results-are-in-a-cleaner-webpage-design-equals-more-engaged-readers
Slices in Photoshop – sectioning up an image into multiple pieces
Visual storytelling with graphics
A story recommended by Betsy Streeter: