#hockeynerd

[leprcn-blog]

Reading a comic book while at a hockey game. I don't think I could be any prouder. #likefatherlikeson #hockeynerd

[morganjamesart]

Project 3: Infographic Final

So, this one came together better than my last post! I knew I had to add more to it to make it a "Real Thing" - so here it is, at long last. I felt a bit rushed on it, and that was nobody's fault but mine (cue Led Zeppelin).

For my information, I had to get my data under control. The NHL at any given time has approximately 750 players on contract per season. And I wanted to contrast a full decade's worth of players! So I had to narrow it down a bit. I decided to go with stars from those seasons - specifically, I used the First and Second All-Star team rosters to help - twelve of the best players in the league per season.

I used an excellent hockey data/stat site called http://www.hockey-reference.com to accumulate the data on both the All Star rosters as well as the individual players' sizes.

I decided to use Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man as a humorous diagram for the players' size. I gave them a drop shadow to make them pop off the ice textured background and kind of make them look like pucks. 

The data does not lie: NHL players from the 2000s were taller and bulkier than their 1970s brethren. They likely look even larger than my conclusion suggests due to the very large protective pads modern players wear.

(sidebar: I was going to use Gary Bettman's face in place of the modern NHL shield but thought that may have gone a little too far.)

[morganjamesart]

First Draft of my Infographic follows...

[ crickets ] 

I have had the worst time coming up with the idea, let alone the data for this project. I am going to get a sketch up, but the fact is, I have only just recently come up with a workable idea and graphic that is cohesive and, yes, something I can datamine fairly quickly. 

So, my new infographic is going to be based on one of my loves: Hockey.

I am going to contrast the size difference in players from the 1970s to today's NHLers, based on the sizes of All Star teams. (there is no way to get data on ALL of the players so I had to limit my search to something I could find. This was it.)

So, without further adieu... The visual portion of the exercise. I will be adding some other smaller figures plus the stats...

[morganjamesart]

Some possible infographics to make...

1: Types of hockey jerseys I have (NHL, minors, juniors, replicas...)

2: Topics of comics I have (superhero, etc)

3: Death toll of recent comic book movies (with possible breakdown of types of death)

4: Death toll of all six Star Wars movies (with breakdown of type of death)

[ohitsjustjessa]

So sad,

I will be missing the Blackhawks game tonight because of the To Write Love On Her Arms talk tonight. :( I might cry. Good thing I get all the twitter updates to my phone.  Another game watching my phone screen instead of tv.