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#30DayChartChallenge - Day 22: Time series | Animation

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Couldn’t resist. I timed a few of our walks and made us race against Frodo and Bilbo, just to see who walks fastest. Turns out, hobbits are not very fast.
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Cara Thompson

Building Stories with Data

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April 22, 2021

Vertical bar chart compares 3 km travel paces. Ranked: toddler (slowest), parent pushing buggy, leisurely pace, Frodo, Bilbo, and Victoria Wilkinson (fastest). Orange background with labelled sections; playful tone highlights long fictional journeys.

I also finally figured out how to export higher quality gifs with 📦 {gganimate}. 🥳🥳🥳 Turns out, reading the documentation and putting the right arguments inside the right functions helps! 🤦‍♀️

Here’s the plot this one’s title is referencing!

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Thompson, Cara. 2021. “#30DayChartChallenge - Day 22: Time Series | Animation.” April 22, 2021. https://www.cararthompson.com/posts/2021-04-22-x30day-chart-challenge-day-22-time/.