data portrait

My idea for this project was to visualize my water intake data, but I wanted to brainstorm ways to make it more fun and visually interesting. I came up with adding a "wave" feature to the water level, and then making it interactive by allowing the user to control the shape of the wave in various ways with their mouse location. Then, I had the idea to replace the cursor with a little surfer guy illustration because I felt like the combination of the wave rising with my water intake, and changing shape with mouse location, together made it look like surfing a wave. I also made the water change colors to add another visual interest, and I had the idea to reuse the sun I made in the Lost and Found project.

One of my overall favorite parts of this was adjusting the RGB values of the water so that it stayed within the muted blue watery tones that I really like, as well as making the sun and sunset gradient background. I love working with color and creating a feeling in that way.