Effective Data Visualization: Transform Information into Art
Sketching and Storyline
A course by Sonja Kuijpers , Data Illustrator
About the video: Sketching and Storyline
Overview
“Now you can begin sketching your ideas to decide how you want to style, design, and present your visualization.”
In this video lesson Sonja Kuijpers addresses the topic: Sketching and Storyline, which is part of the Domestika online course: Effective Data Visualization: Transform Information into Art. Learn to effectively bring data to life with creative shapes, colors, and layouts.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we're going to start sketching on our project and on the storyline of the project. So starting from the book, You can see which characters are in there and what data you collected. And as you have read the book You can go back to what you found online as well on information about the book itself or how the story goes. And you can... Pick the characters for instance and note them down. You know what? They That's Dorothy. There's aunt Em. There's the scarecrow. there's Toto the dog. So you just write down all the characters in the book that you think are of importance here. Yo...”
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Course summary for: Effective Data Visualization: Transform Information into Art
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Graphic Design, Infographics, Information Design, Interactive Design
Sonja Kuijpers
A course by Sonja Kuijpers
Sonja Kuijpers is an award-winning data illustrator based in The Netherlands. Growing up in a small town meant Sonja was always on the lookout for a creative outlet. She began drawing at a young age before going on to study advertising and public space design. After graduating, she worked as a designer at a landscape design firm before developing an interest in information design that kick started her career.
Sonja currently runs STUDIO TERP, a one-woman data illustration studio where she specializes in making challenging data easy to understand as well as visually engaging. She has worked with clients such as Philips, the Dutch government, Scientific American, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Friends of the High Line in New York, and F19 Digital Reporting, and has also been recognized multiple times by the Information is Beautiful Awards.
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