Data Visualization

  If there is one thing I can say about about data visualization, it's that the concept is easy to grasp but difficult to execute. It requires some level of creativity but at the same time you have to remain factual and grounded to reasoning. However it's important to keep in mind that the creativity is meant for the data to be visually appealing and understandable. In addition I also had to use text in my data visualization in order to give the displayed data it's context. I decided to use pictographs of men with suitcases since they're simple and are commonly used in airports. The pictographs obviously depict a traveler/immigrant. Of course I made sure I used a reliable source before creating what I like to call "a Picto-man graph." I used the colors of the top 10 countries flags to make the data look more intriguing instead of using a standard single colored bar. I also had to be consistent and accurate for the proportions of each country when it came to the population of immigrants for each country. I will clarify that depending on the amount of traveler figures, it may or may not show all of the flags colors. It's really meant to clarify which country is which, another reason why I put the colors in order. I couldn't fill the image because when I did, it would zoom in and the Background png would reveal aliasing (pixels). So I made sure not to diminish the quality of any image I was using.