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Ralitza Soultanova
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Data Interpreter & Visualizer: Transforming Complex Data into Compelling Visual Stories. Writes about DataViz, R, Science Communication. Teaching statistics to undergraduate students.
30 Days of Charts – Day 2: Slope

Did you ever tried running or biking up Rue du Mystère in Brussels? A street with a slope of 11.3%
It might not look daunting on a graph, but trust me, it's a challenge when you are out there!

#Brussels #RueDuMystère #30DayChartChallenge #DataViz #DataVisualization
April 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
30 Days of Charts — Day 1 - Fractions

Education on the Rise

In Brussels, the share of young adults (aged 25–34) with a higher education diploma has steadily increased over the past 20 years. Rising from 46% in 2004 to 60% in 2024.

#30DayChartChallenge,

#fractions #dataviz
April 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
30Days of Charts starts tomorrow, and I'm excited to join #30DayChartChallenge again!

This year, I’m aiming for 10 charts throughout the month.
To stay efficient, I’ll set a 60-minute timer for each chart—otherwise, I tend to spend way too long fine-tuning the details.
March 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Genuary 2025 Day 13 : Triangles and nothing else.
The rotation of a triangle.

#Genuary #Genuary2025 #JavaScript #p5 #GenerativeArt #generativeart #geometry #DigitalArt #GeometricArt #genartclub
January 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Genuary 2025 Day 12 : Subdivision.
I created fractal trees with curvature of the branches and some randomness.

#Genuary #Genuary2025 #JavaScript #p5 #GenerativeArt #generativeart #geometry #DigitalArt #GeometricArt
January 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Genuary 2025 Day 11 :
Impossible day - Try to do something that feels impossible for you to do.
I tried to embrace the randomness. I wanted to play with flowers without an idea of the final result I want to achieve.

#Genuary

#Genuary2025

#p5

#GenerativeArt

#geometry

#DigitalArt
January 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Genuary 2025 Day 10 : You can only use TAU in your code, no other number allowed.
That was a funny challenge
In 34 lines of code 37 uses of TAU :-)

#Genuary #Genuary2025 #JavaScript #p5 #GenerativeArt #generativeart #geometry #DigitalArt #GeometricArt
January 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Genuary 2025 Day 9 : The textile design patterns of public transport seating.
Colour coud have made more cense here but I'm keeping my grey scale approach

#Genuary #Genuary2025 #JavaScript #p5 #GenerativeArt #generativeart #geometry #DigitalArt #GeometricArt
January 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Genuary 2025 Day 8: Draw one million of something.
One million bezier curves . Random gray scale colour of the stroke is changing every 8000 strokes.

#Genuary
#Genuary2025
#JavaScript
#p5.js
#GenerativeArt
#Genuary5
#codeart
#generativeart
#geometry
#DigitalArt
#GeometricArt
January 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Genuary 2025 Day 7: "Use software that is not intended to create art or images".
Here I used random numbers and conditional formatting in Excel.

#Genuary
#Genuary2025
#JavaScript
#p5.js
#GenerativeArt
#Genuary5
#codeart
#generativeart
#geometry
#DigitalArt
#GeometricArt
January 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I was not very happy with version one of day 6 so decided to test something else.
Genuary 2025 Day 6: Make a landscape using only primitive shapes. Keeping it very simple for this submission.

#Genuary
#Genuary2025
#JavaScript
#p5.js
#GenerativeArt
#Genuary6
#codeart
#generativeart
#geometry
January 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Genuary 2025 Day 6: Make a landscape using only primitive shapes. Keeping it very simple for this submission.

#Genuary
#Genuary2025
#JavaScript
#p5.js
#GenerativeArt
#Genuary6
#codeart
#generativeart
#geometry
January 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Shamelessly jumping on the #genuary2025 bandwagon 😜, with some old work.. "Dark Matter" from 2021 .. Day 04 : Black On Black #genuary4 .. made with @processing.org (hope it survives the compression?!)
January 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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autometry

inspired by Manfred Mohr's work

#genuary #genuary2025 #genuary5
#codeart #generativeart #noAI #geometry
January 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM

Genuary 2025 Day 5: isometric art
Today I played with isometric cubes

#Genuary
#Genuary2025
#JavaScript
#p5.js
#GenerativeArt
#Genuary5
January 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Genuary 2025 Day 4: Black On Black on Black

#Genuary
#Genuary2025
#JavaScript
#p5.js
#GenerativeArt
#Genuary4
January 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Great visualisation of population density across Europe
Ridgeline plot map showing population across Europe (5x5km).

Also check out the interactive multi-resolution version made using gridviz: eurostat.github.io/gridviz/exam... #maps #GIS #cartography #statistics #ridgeline #joyplot #dataviz
November 27, 2024 at 1:01 PM
That's helpful.
I often test different approaches and packages and end up with packages that Im' finally not using.
Here is a cool little function for R that lets you check if all of the loaded packages are actually necessary for the code that follows, letting you cut down on unneeded packages. Really helpful for grading student code too, since this is a common error!

funchir::stale_package_check('mycode.R')
November 26, 2024 at 2:56 PM
The sad reality of war....
🌍 #30DayMapChallenge Day 21: Conflict

Today’s map visualizes the intensity of conflict in Ukraine, where more than 2,240 events were reported in just the first 15 days of November 2024.

Code: shorturl.at/wLIBR

#maps #GIS #rstats
November 24, 2024 at 2:18 PM
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Would like to work on the good causes #climate, #equality, #lbtq+, #mentalhealth, so if anyone has a neat dataset to show I will gladly climb aboard to illustrate this. It is how I make a living so a payed project would be preferable but I am open to discuss other propositions :-) #dataviz
Repost =➕
November 21, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Such an interesting article on the process of creation rather that on the end result.
Even if the end result is magnificent.
Worth reading!
#substack newsletter is out: How Limitations Can Be The Greatest Tool For Creatives. This article explores the behind-the-scenes of my digital art exhibition 'Scented Connections'.

#dataviz #creativeprocess

Read it here and let me know your thoughts! :) open.substack.com/pub/tizianaa...
#3 How Limitations Can Be The Greatest Tool For Creatives
In The Art Of The Process, I explore the world of process-driven creativity.
open.substack.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Interesting topic for statistics teaching.
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November 18, 2024 at 8:01 PM
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November 18, 2024 at 1:31 PM