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Step by step tutorial
Step by step tutorial
Tutorial: Data-Illustrator using life expectancy data
Reconstructing an infographic on life expectancy in Dutch cities (previously published in Vrij Nederland) using this awesome tool: Data Illustrator, a great research collaboration between Adobe Systems Inc. and Georgia Institute of Technology.
Downloads:
- DI project file (diproj)
- Original data (csv) (from PBL)
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Load the csv-file. Draw one single circle, color it and click ‘repeat’. Assign ‘gemeente’ (= municipality). Enlarge the area to show all 408 municipalities. |
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Press ‘break grid’ and click any circle. Define the x-position (social status) by assigning ‘SES-score’ from pull down menu. |
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| Define the y-position (= age) by assigning ‘leeftijd_man’. | 
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| Define the size (= number of men per municipality) by assigning ‘aantal_mannen’. | 
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Repeat this for women: Draw single circle, color it and click ‘repeat’. Assign ‘gemeente’ and reveal all 408 circles. |
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| Define the x-position (= social status) by assigning ‘SES-score’ from pull down menu. | 
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| Define the y-position (= age) by assigning ‘leeftijd_vrouw’. | 
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| Define the size (= number of women per municipality) by assigning ‘aantal_vrouwen’. | 
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| Move visualization on top of each other. | 
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| Draw a single black line. | 
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Click ‘repeat’. Assign ‘gemeente’ (= municipality) and enlarge the area to show all 408 municipalities. |
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Select single line and define X-position. Assign ‘SES-score’. |
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Select top anchor point and assign ‘leeftijd_vrouw’ to the y-position.
Select bottom anchor point and assign ‘leeftijd_man’ to the y-position. |
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| Change opacity of connecting lines… | 
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… and align to previous chart.
The original infographic was published in 2017 in Vrij Nederland and took me several hours to complete in Illustrator. |
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