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Let’s dive a little bit deeper into Grace Drayton’s family life. Grace’s first name was actually Viola. She was the third daughter of George Gebbie. George Gebbie was known to be Philadelphia’s first art printer. A legend in their family claims that his first wife and their children actually were drowned in a shipwreck. This…

Steenz’s visit was very interesting, fun, upbeat, and full of cool information about what she does as an artist. I enjoyed learning about how other cartoonists come up with cartoons that she uses in her job. Her ability to showcase her talent in not only illustration but storytelling as well was impressive. Her work with…

Will Kent is an expertand very passionate on wikidata. He talks about the different tools wikidata provides and what is to come in the future. He puts an emphasis on how our feedback on wikidata is very helpful in the development and what is included on the website. There are a lot of things you…

  This is a visualization of mountain ranges across the world that range from 0 square kilometers to a thousand square kilometers. The pink dots are mountain ranges that are 0 square kilometers to 8.8 square kilometers. The purple dots are mountain ranges that go from 12.11 square kilometers to 98 square kilometers. The orange…

Visualization assignment: There are many types of visualizations according to the digital humanities coursebook and these visual forms of information all “create meaning, they don’t just display it(page86)”. The type of visualization I chose to show is the table. For the amount of information under the broad topic I chose to look at, I felt…

TimelineJS Tasks To begin with, making an exhibit uses a lot more words to describe a person in greater detail. This is not the same as the timeline, which typically consists of a picture and a brief explanation. Also, the timeline is arranged chronologically, but the exhibit is not. Each visual task additionally displays a…

Cathy Guisewite’s profile holds basic data about her life and career, including her education, web page, and language. The profile does give background information about her time as a cartoonist and outlines her awards with references attached for further exploration. Guisewite’s profile fails to outline certain basic facts, such as where she was born and…

Creating a visual time utilizes data visualization skills and trial-and-error to create a well-functioning project. It captures snapshots in time that represent the most important points in the cartoonist’s career. A longform visual exhibit is closer to keeping a journal. Creative writing skills are used to weave together a story that eloquently illustrates the life…

WikiData Query Link: https://w.wiki/7kCH My visualization shows comic characters sorted by sex or gender. I altered an SDSU Comics Project query about ethnic groups of all comic characters. This shows what I entered into the Query Builder. The displayed items on the Query Helper were “instance of any subclass of comics character” and “sex or…

Wikidata Visualization This comics subject is about fictional female characters created by cartoonist. This shows gender representation and discrepancy by cartoonist. The amount of men artists who have created female characters is far more when compared to women artists.  From this chart we can see that out of 63 artists, only 4 were female. This…