State Start Shape

Virginia has always looked like an upside-down "V" to me, so I recently decided to see what other states could look like the letter they begin with.

Same Difference

I've always liked knowing the sizes of things, and I thought I'd heard a while ago that the size of Earth compared to Jupiter was the same as the size of an electron compared to a proton. Well, I looked it up, and it turns out that scientists don't actually know how big an electron is, which makes it rather hard to compare it to anything. But the idea of finding the same differences in sizes between things got stuck in my head, so I decided to do a graphic about it.

ABCD

I decided to give myself a challenge, to see if I could illustrate my own special version of the ABCs. It turned out that “my own special version” was a lot more difficult to pull off than I expected.

Instead of choosing nouns that simply started with each letter of the alphabet, I wanted to see if I could find nouns that actually look like the letter they begin with. Well, this has been so hard to do, that I will have to complete the alphabet in shifts. I’ll do four letters at a time, and post them as I finish them. For now, here are the first four:

Logo Combinations

Pun-ishment

When They Were Young 2

Why Pink?

Solar Positions

Ever wondered how big the sun would look if you were on another planet? I have for a long time. So, using sizes and data from NASA's own website, I modified a picture of a sunset to see how the sun would look to us, if earth were as far away from the sun as each of the other planets.

First, the original, unaltered, image of a sunset here on Earth…

Now, what if we were as close to the sun as Venus is…

And if we were where Mercury is…

Before we zoom out to the other planets, here’s Earth again…

If we were where Mars is…

If we were where Jupiter is…

If we were where Saturn is…

If we were where Uranus is…

If we were where Neptune is…

Now Everyone Can Feel Old

Due to the amount of changes in our world, people of almost any age can now legitimately use the phrase: "Back in my day..."

Google Doodles

When Google plays around with their logo, they call it a "Google Doodle".

I thought it'd be fun to design a few myself.

Ball Configurations

When They Were Young