Data Made Beautiful: An Artistic Data Visualization Approach

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Carrie Rosales

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1 - Introduction

1 - Project overview.mp4

03:03

2 - Select Your Subject.mp4

02:37

2 - Brainstorming and Developing Foundations

3 - Mood Boarding Find Inspiration.mp4

07:54

4 - Develop a Representational Icon.mp4

06:27

5 - Attributes-Worksheet.pdf

5 - Defining Attributes.mp4

06:36

6 - Find Inspiration from Abstract Art.mp4

09:07

3 - Create Visualization Toolbox

7 - Create Your Visualization.mp4

08:35

8 - Create a Legend.mp4

04:18

8 - Legend-Template.pdf

4 - Collect Data

9 - Collect Data.mp4

03:46

9 - Data-Sheet-Template.pdf

5 - Plan and Create Your Final Piece

10 - Create Thumbnail Sketches.mp4

07:18

11 - Plot Draw Design.mp4

04:59

6 - Closing

12 - Closing.mp4

01:15

Description

Develop a toolbox of artistic techniques to apply to data and create unique and expressive visualizations.

What You'll Learn?

How to make an abstract piece of art out of data
How to develop a toolbox of unique and artistic data visualizations to apply to a dataset
How to catalogue a set of objects using scales of measurement
Where to find inspiration and analyze existing works of art and utilize it's qualities in your piece without copying
How to develop compositional sketches to guide your final piece

Who is this for?

Artists, data professionals, data hobbyists. For the data professional, it can add some unexpected flair to your data visualizations and if you’re an artist, you will learn to connect personal meaning to abstract art. For everyone else, it’s a fun exploration of your life's data, which can be visualized in a fun and unique way.

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Description
In this class you will uncover unique and creative ways to illustrate data by cataloguing a collection of personal objects visually.
You will learn:
How to make an abstract piece of art out of data
How to develop a toolbox of unique and artistic data visualizations to apply to a dataset
How to catalogue a set of objects using scales of measurement
How to collect and organize data
Where to find inspiration and analyze existing works of art and utilize it's qualities in your piece without copying
How to develop compositional sketches to guide your final piece
What will result will be an abstract work of art thatÂ will not only look good, but will communicate something about your life!Â Â
Format
This is a project-based class, meaning you will be applying what you are learning by creating a project alongside me.Â

Who is this class for?
This class is for literally anyone. You donâ€™t need to be a data expert or a seasoned artist. I will teach you what you need to know about data, and we are working with abstract shapes and marks, which have no rules and can be done by anyone who can harness their imagination.Â

What can I do with this skill?
The skills you learn in this class can be applied to any project where you are looking to turn something concrete into something abstract.

Data Professionals: Learn methods for generating creative ideas, adding unexpected flair to your data visualizations, and come up with fresh ideas for composition.
Designers or business professionals:Â Gain tools to approach information design through a creative lens.
Artists: Find a new entry point into art-making and learn new techniques to generate abstract works of art.
After this class you'll have a really fun art project you can do over and over in a million different ways with a million different subjects, visualizing your life with art.Â
Who this course is for:
Artists, data professionals, data hobbyists. For the data professional, it can add some unexpected flair to your data visualizations and if youâ€™re an artist, you will learn to connect personal meaning to abstract art. For everyone else, itâ€™s a fun exploration of your life's data, which can be visualized in a fun and unique way.

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Data Visualization

Carrie Rosales

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Hi! My name is Carrie and I am an analyst and artist living in Southern California. Over the years, I have developed a unique skillset that spans the creative and analytic spaces. My experience in research/evaluation has been rooted in the social service sector, namely in education settings where I specialize in data systems, analytics, and information design. I am an experienced teacher and trainer in analytics, art, tech adoption and language (ESL). My most recent work has been in a consulting capacity in evaluation and tech, where I assess organizational need and create systems for data analysis and learning. My creative work in photography, mixed media art, graphic design, and data visualization can be seen woven into my work through marketing, messaging, and reporting. In art, I love playing with organic and graphic elements together and using patterns found in nature and science to contrast an organic form.

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