https://leahwelch.info/home daily 1.0 2022-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608240510480-9M6F6C4VZKSXQUZOUCTP/Hashtag+Goals+Thumbnail-01.png Home #Goals: Fashion & Sustainable Development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/f8cfa4dc-725f-421f-9823-43843f552858/Chromatics+Thumbnail-01.png Home Style Chromatics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608252589762-QUDBHNFP14CR2AI1AQCH/Bibimbap+Thumbnail-03.png Home How To Make Bibimbap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608251769900-P52ELP8LNRLDRKJ6IZ41/Media+Usage+Thumbnail-01.png Home Media For Work & Play https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608241668660-7RF7PPGBCR3A9RE876PT/India+Thumbnail-01.jpg Home India: Data From The CIA World Handbook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1609171400567-C27C1XPY8KHA9TOQD268/Jellies+Thumbnail-01.png Home Animated Jellyfish https://leahwelch.info/about daily 0.75 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/0f7a830e-6370-47aa-90cb-d4c07b0fd45c/IMG_8934.jpg About - I like making things. I am a transdisciplinary designer and researcher crossing boundaries between art, graphic design, data science, storytelling, and front-end development. I create interactive data-driven experiences, algorithmic animations, and illustrated information design artifacts. I currently work as a Senior Data Visualization Engineer at PlayStation. I hold a B.A. in History of Art & Architecture from Middlebury College and an M.S. in Information Design & Data Visualization from Northeastern University. https://leahwelch.info/language-of-obesity daily 0.75 2021-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608730928207-GF6F47ZRON0A8FV84TZ8/Screen+Shot+2020-12-23+at+8.41.38+AM.png The Language of Obesity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608741985747-IWYJMABEHD5I0RVB8FP8/obesity_screengrab_2.gif The Language of Obesity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608741699587-8S133NN0VXMLJNT4JKZL/Screen+Shot+2020-12-23+at+9.27.27+AM.png The Language of Obesity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608742081200-5MLGGDMN8RPWON7M9XX0/Screen+Shot+2020-12-23+at+9.27.35+AM.png The Language of Obesity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608742306788-PXU2ZUOK3S4EMXR5O4OR/Initial+Sketches-01.png The Language of Obesity an initial sketch based on a third-grade art project: the repetitive drawing of lines that met at pre-determined pinch points https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608744116471-AJDZAI7VEC4SWNNXE1LS/theme_lines-03-01.png The Language of Obesity a chunk of lines grouped by theme https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608765479425-20NM6FXDT29M6FG3OOS8/Screen+Shot+2020-12-23+at+6.17.35+PM.png The Language of Obesity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608766207421-1EXTJ8BYHV80Z876HMSC/Screen+Shot+2020-12-23+at+6.29.45+PM.png The Language of Obesity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608768877690-6E09NBLHKD0S8HC0U070/Screen+Shot+2020-12-23+at+7.13.52+PM.png The Language of Obesity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608732410433-0F84VITMTIYE8N220AQG/Language+of+Obesity_Posters-01.jpg The Language of Obesity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608732442780-AVF9E804SO9XHKXV61F5/Language+of+Obesity_Posters-02.jpg The Language of Obesity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608732474964-W39RZ46VMTZVDTDEJC2E/Language+of+Obesity_Posters-03.jpg The Language of Obesity https://leahwelch.info/hashtag-goals daily 0.75 2021-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608813874910-OTTS4RPBDWIKZE446932/Screen+Shot+2020-12-24+at+7.43.10+AM.png #Goals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608834838366-4ETZX55ILXA95IX8HEXX/capstones2.jpg #Goals original visualization by Giorgia Lupi 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608919056882-FM144OH1TIMV7OW0A3ZQ/Screen+Shot+2020-12-25+at+12.57.14+PM.png A Brief History of my Adult Life https://leahwelch.info/bibimbap daily 0.75 2020-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608921224803-1JEWMDRS6FM32N9FA13V/bibimbap+hero-01.png How To Make Bibimbap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1608923162602-YB0CA34P1R84V4R4BK17/page2.jpg How To Make Bibimbap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1609003887623-XINOBRZA8F4674P3ONN3/Carrots.jpg How To Make Bibimbap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1609003944855-KYNPYYWI7L9AQOI2T1SE/Layout.2-02.png How To Make Bibimbap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1609004338859-REDSMDK2IDJR19DPLDIL/Beef.jpg How To Make Bibimbap 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1609178847367-QRYWBXEM1ZHVZD5A7XGX/Jelly+Images-02.png Animated Jellyfish jellyfish body as 6 vertices connected with curves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1609179067423-I9J22ET0NRX7ZBS235OG/Jelly+Images-01.png Animated Jellyfish final color scale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1609179114720-1A6A7YP9I848CGZ3VPKU/Jelly+Images-03.png Animated Jellyfish blurry textures give the impression of a glowing shape when applied to the jellyfish body https://leahwelch.info/style-chromatics daily 0.75 2022-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/72a2eed2-b3ab-4423-a1f4-9a2d7f92a242/timeline-02.jpg Style Chromatics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/dd3f3073-6a11-46cc-abb9-deef23a44f52/Jan-10-2022+19-27-45.gif Style Chromatics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/523e148c-ec3a-4e41-b13c-662ee286640b/Scans+V2-04.jpg Style Chromatics The multiple items that form an outfit could be recombined into a single object - an abstract impression of what I wore that day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1956da9d-d692-4c64-9fce-e7d32fb4d716/Scans+V2-03.jpg Style Chromatics To collect the visual data, I scanned every item that I wore and pulled representative color data for my entries - 5 colors that became an abstracted symbol for each item. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/34804407-c935-4a5f-96e9-3bc211ac1f54/combined-15.png Style Chromatics - Make it stand out This spectrum can be reorganized along different distribution scales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/345b76ca-da4c-4a57-a177-f8a7c88039e3/scales-07.png Style Chromatics The building blocks that form this impression can be reorganized along different scales to reveal different facets of the data. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/6bfb1ffc-286c-40d6-b7f2-e88426d9d6fa/reorganizing+2-14.png Style Chromatics - Make it stand out By breaking each day into its individual blocks of color and recombining them along a single scale, I could derive new data through this aggregation: a weekly cadence of colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/a2cd58d0-282e-4012-8f25-68718ad6783e/Scans-09.png Style Chromatics These daily combinations worked well enough. But an entire week of these were too varied to produce any discernible patterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/859e0e84-c97b-43ab-8015-71d6c3bb4010/screengrabs-02.png Style Chromatics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/6d579e82-2eac-4145-8053-2113ca9c24f0/trees-03.png Style Chromatics - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/c52a0a23-f636-45a9-baca-a434472e506d/Screen+Shot+2022-01-10+at+7.58.20+AM.png Style Chromatics - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/08fda0af-78ce-4345-915d-084bb2d6c53a/Jan-11-2022+07-12-07.gif Style Chromatics https://leahwelch.info/work daily 0.75 2020-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/49675163-286b-4547-a80a-3e3842c901ce/Obesity+Thumbnail+NEW-01.png Work The Language of Obesity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/f8cfa4dc-725f-421f-9823-43843f552858/Chromatics+Thumbnail-01.png Work Style Chromatics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1609185032372-EDV01D73VGIKAB6TV2JI/Hashtag+Goals+Thumbnail-01.png Work #Goals: Fashion & Sustainable Development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1609185032472-22EP61ACQBFWR2S92WBY/Bibimbap+Thumbnail-03.png Work How To Make Bibimbap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1609185032706-O1IZLT8JNTFPIRFWHWN5/India+Thumbnail-01.jpg Work India: Data From The CIA World Handbook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1609185032443-2OQ0UL12VN3VOV6QGB4J/Media+Usage+Thumbnail-01.png Work Media For Work & Play https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1609185031986-8LAQCAY87EZKRVRRPYIJ/Jellies+Thumbnail-01.png Work Animated Jellyfish https://leahwelch.info/generative-sketches daily 0.75 2022-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/ee5abaf9-48d8-46d2-8212-fd340ca350c5/snake_garden_4.mini-02.png Generative Sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/94cb1572-114a-4797-b965-22b85019b4c5/snake_garden_3-01.png Generative Sketches Crossing lines created panes filled with HSB colors generated sequentially as the algorithm ran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/dbd8241c-4c97-4c16-b847-053fabea7b80/growth_1-01.png Generative Sketches Initializing the iterator at different points along the Perlin Noise range created looser or tighter loops. Lines with starting positions near each other had similar results. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/14624492-0ce3-4d04-8a36-8d2ed1874a42/Animated_Grid_2.2.gif Generative Sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1645903342214-8Q00OEZMTPXSOI1JQ0YW/line_9.1.FINAL-01.jpg Generative Sketches Rows of angled lines lay on top of a "base" of vertical lines that are gently randomized using Perlin noise. The horizontal position of the row lines follows a wine wave. The right end "pushed" up or down according to Perlin noise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/e3936d10-e86d-4db6-b6ea-02ddf6e87c43/snake_garden_6-01.png Generative Sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/447a6ab1-9708-487e-9df6-fe8e0b7fd6fc/animated_grid-000089.png Generative Sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1645903115603-T3UN1PFG0B9UAEKWHLJP/line_9.4.jpg Generative Sketches Rows of 10-pixel lines with increasingly varying angles form a "base grid" onto which stripes fall. Each stripe is comprised of differently angled lines - the more severe the angle, the darker the stripe appears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/b7d27833-262a-4d92-8a58-8c3a454f6dec/snake_garden_5-01.png Generative Sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/4f4057f1-cf82-432c-aa7c-2eded950ce95/animated_grid-000566.png Generative Sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/1645903132385-1VIVLCYEJBG274RCC9NG/line_6.1.FINAL-01.jpg Generative Sketches A row of thin vertical lines that increase in stroke width from left to right. The length of each line follows a sine wave. Each line fails a number of times, with the space between each attempt increasing as the y-position increases. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/d7444aef-e096-44ca-8a00-0ce441a8559a/brownian_3.1-01.png Generative Sketches Layered ArrayLists of points drawn according to Brownian motion created a stippled effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/4fb3d23b-4c78-4469-bd56-0fa3b0bf4f0d/Animated_Grid_2.1.gif Generative Sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/d7b5bf58-f7c4-470d-98cd-f4ba34dcffe1/brownian_2.1-01.png Generative Sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/593ef5a2-eb90-4a89-a14b-cbb6c7bb84de/animated_grid-000228.png Generative Sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/47cfef03-9734-41e6-9ea5-49f903781ca7/brownian_1.1-01.png Generative Sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/670ff8f9-f0f6-4852-9cbc-9765a6930007/growth_2-01.png Generative Sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/a12f9d6b-a3ad-4068-9c0d-09d63a0d993f/filled_growth_structure.gif Generative Sketches Adding a fill to the set of lines creates new shapes that layer over each other as the lines grow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fd50e052cabbf38e7a0280e/cf86c232-3991-4769-88dc-89ed33b19d35/animated_grid-000373.png Generative Sketches