Dolpins Depth Chart

My toolbox was growing, and with it, my ability to tell more nuanced and sophisticated stories with data. 13 Finally, the act of physically marking progress—checking a box, adding a sticker, coloring in a square—adds a third layer, creating a more potent and tangible dopamine feedback loop. The hand-drawn, personal visualizations from the "Dear Data" project are beautiful because they are imperfect, because they reveal the hand of the creator, and because they communicate a sense of vulnerability and personal experience that a clean, computer-generated chart might lack. 83 Color should be used strategically and meaningfully, not for mere decoration. 73 To save on ink, especially for draft versions of your chart, you can often select a "draft quality" or "print in black and white" option. One person had put it in a box, another had tilted it, another had filled it with a photographic texture.