Cost to own a car
Owning a car has become more expensive over the years. As a college student when I think about owning a car the only cost that factors into it for me is paying for gas; however, there are so many other things factoring into it, making owning a car very expensive. I have chosen to display this by creating a “pie like” chart in the shape of a car to show the distribution of the annual cost of owning a car. The sites that I got the statistics from were both collected in 2010 and based on the average of a small, midsize, and large vehicle. I, however, decided to leave out the cost of value...
Drinking Age in the U.S. should be Lowered
The drinking age in the United States should be lowered because it often only leads to underage drinking and binges. Binges are extremely detrimental to one's health as it could lead to many poor decisions and health issues including liver damage. I believe that if the drinking age in the United States was once again lowered to 18, the excitement novelty of being able to drink would decrease, and people would be less tempted to go on binges. I also believe that if the drinking age were lowered, people would learn their tolerance better and be less inclined to engage in dangerous behavior....
Science and Faith
Science and faith are generally perceived as mutually exclusive pursuits. One studying science is often thought to be without any desire or need for faith, and the same applies vice versa. This flowchart suggests that, though there is a lot of volleying back and forth on which side is the “right” side, there is a place where the two inevitably meet.
It took a long time for me to think of this idea, let alone begin the design for it. My general theme in the class assignments has been the amateurization of art, but I found this a hard topic to convert to data. Instead, I went with...
Do not smoke
Do not smoke because it harms you as much as you smoke
This image argues that smokers should stop smoking to avoid cancers or other harms that hurt them. There are about 1.3 million people who smoke in this world. Worldwide, one in five teens age 13 to 15 smoke cigarettes. Every eight seconds, a human life is lost to tobacco use somewhere in the world that translates to approximately 5 million deaths annually. The smoking harms people as much as they smoked in their lifetime. Smokers have an adverse effect not only on themselves, but also to those people around them as well. Smoking...
U.S. Pet Industry Expenditures
Pets are a very important part of a lot of American families. They provide fun, comfort, cuteness, and in some cases, protection. People will go to many lengths to take good care of their pets.
As most people are aware, for the past couple of years, the economy has not been good. Prices are rising and falling, people are losing their jobs, and spending less money. However, there are a few things that have not been affected by the economy. One of those things is the amount of money that people spend on their pets. Since 1994, the billions of dollars that American families spend on...
U.S. Pet Industry Expenditures
Pets are a very important part of a lot of American families. They provide fun, comfort, cuteness, and in some cases, protection. People will go to many lengths to take good care of their pets.
As most people are aware, for the past couple of years, the economy has not been good. Prices are rising and falling, people are losing their jobs, and spending less money. However, there are a few things that have not been affected by the economy. One of those things is the amount of money that people spend on their pets. Since 1994, the billions of dollars that American families spend on...
Decreasing Track Times
I decided to use my blog topic as inspiration for the infographic that I created for this project. As a runner on the UMW track team, I am racing at various track meets every weekend with a goal of decreasing my time in my events as the season progresses. I wanted to create a graphic that would display the trend that my running events are following, while also expressing just how much running I am doing all together in this year's spring track season.
Although I haven't raced the same events at every meet, and although there are still some meets left to go, I wanted to display the...
Infographic: Coffee Consumption in the USA
An infographic about the consumption of coffee in the USA, broken down by the amount consumed, how it is consumed, and finally what that means globally.
I used contrast between the white text and coffee stain background to maintain the focus of the piece while adding interest. I selected a serif font for the title and a sans serif for the majority of the text, this creates interest with the title but keeps the majority of the work easy to read. There is contrast with two of the numbers I quote. The numeric portion doesn't always quite fit in with the text around it: it is both...
Exploring State Debt Since 2008
Since the financial and real estate bubble burst in late 2008 the amount of state debt has risen considerably. As a result citizens across the country are feeling the pinch as states tighten their budget, thereby cutting back on social services and improvements to infrastructure. What I was interested in seeing was if there was a correlation between states with higher debt and the political parties that run them. I chose to display this through an area cartogram. An area cartogram is a type of chloropleth map where the area (in this case the state’s area) of the polygon is distorted no to...
Kemba
For this project I did an information image about Kemba Walker the point guard for the Connecticut Huskies. This info image describes why I feel he is the best player in college basketball, and I am trying to convince you of the same. I wanted to keep this image simple and clear so you the reader could understand the information provided the quickest and easiest way. With just the most important bullet points provided to the reader it provides clarity and simplicity. I could not decide if I wanted to have Kemba in the background or just as a side image. I finally decided on him in the...