Effective Data Visualization: Transform Information into Art

Begin the course by getting to know data illustrator Sonja Kuijpers. She discusses how she turned her childhood love of drawing into a full-time career, along with the influences and artists that she admires.

Learn how to search for a subject you want to translate into a data illustration. Sonja explains the importance of having an emotional relationship with your chosen topic before diving into how to find data and harvest it in Excel, in preparation for your visualization. Review your data for any storylines that could guide the layout of your illustration.

Time to create your poster! Begin sketching your ideas, experimenting with colors, shapes, and layout. Sonja guides you through her design process in Adobe Illustrator before showing you how to incorporate graphs from Excel. Then, add annotations and a title to support your data design.

Find out how to ask for feedback on your work to make sure your audience understands it. Then make any final adjustments before learning how to share your work with the world. Sonja finishes the course by providing her tips on how to present your project to the public via platforms like your website and social media.