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Just one more thing…

Peter Falk, the unforgettable Lieutenant Columbo, left us last June… No more heros with battered raincoat. As a tribute (and probably because I want to be part of Columbo, in some way…) I collected around 1.000 reactions people left (in huffingtonpost.com and eonline.com) after his dead, and recreated his portrait with the most commonly used words.

Do you know that Columbo’s scriptwriters, William Link and Richard Lewison, admitted they based most of the character of Lieutenant Columbo on Falk himself?.

The beginning of the single word list: falk (471), columbo (398), one (389), peter (338), great (297), rip (293),loved (256), actor (213), missed (212)…

If we count three words combo: just one more thing (71), rip peter falk (23), loved peter falk (18),one of my all time favorite (16)…

Wait Peter!, don’t leave!… just one more thing…

U2 by colours

I really think U2 is more than a band… They aren’t just musician, since 1980s the Irish group have worked to address issues concerning social injustice.

For this illustration I took more than two hundred lyrics from the band website http://www.u2.com/ and counted all the words. Then I spread all the words over a portrait of Bono. I want to make a little tribute to his various charity and philanthropic campaigns by using the colours of the peace flag randomly in the letters.

The font is one of the most commonly used their cover artworks.

Again “love” in the most used word by far. Take a look at the beginning of the list: love (526),oh (262),like (239),know (236),go (219),come (214),day (174),can (173),see (170),one (149),need (139),want (132),feel (131),heart (129),away (121),get (119),got (117),say (113),walk (112),now (109),take (108),night (107),time (106),man (105),give (96),run (90),back (89),baby (87),make (87),yeah (86),just (82),way (82),look (81),sky (80),thing (78),fall (74),tonight (69),still (68),believe (66),boy (66),light (66),eyes (65),sing (65),sun (63),song (62),turn (62),world (62),girl (61),new (59),around (58),high (58),find (56),hold (56),blue (54),long (51),tell (51),place (50),shadows (50),call (49),face (46),head (46),waiting (46),heartbreak (45),rain (45),room (45),ain’t (44),name (44),shake (44),soul (44),try (44),talk (43),black (42),never (42),nothing (42),god (41),gun (41),happiness (41),last (41),star (41)…

Download PDF: JO-D-110901-Bono01

You can also choose wallpaper resolution: 640×480 800×600 1024×768 1152×864 1280×800 1280×1024 1366×768 1440×900 1600×1200 1680×1050 1856×1392 1920×1080 1920×1440 2048×1536

Another illustration with horizontal text.

Download PDF: JO-D-110901-Bono02

Words for Amy

It was a sad lost of a talented yougn woman. For this illustration I took more than 4.000 comments people left after dead of Amy Winehouse in huffingtonpost.com.

Donwload vector base pdf file: JO-D-110816-Amy01

Also here you have the wallpaper files, in different resolutions: 640×480 800×600 1024×768 1152×864 1280×800 1280×1024 1366×768 1440×900 1600×1200 1680×1050 1856×1392 1920×1080 1920×1440 2048×1536

Most commonly used words: sad (1047),amy (986),talent (804),drugs (706),addiction (624),one (515),peace (498),just (473),people (469),rip (461),life (450),like (380),family (376),hope (337),music (332),now (330),loved (325),can (320),died (317),many (312),know (300),time (296),rest (288),get (284),winehouse (279),young (277),go (272),surprised (260),live (253),think (247),death (243),really (242),much (239),great (237),make (235),way (227),friends (222),say (219),years (219),see (217),may (215),voice (205),never (199),soul (197),coming (194),help (193),waste (193),find (181),another (175),tragic (173),person (170),rehab (168),someone (167),good (166),take (166),well (165),sorry (162),feel (160),try (159),want (154),even (150),fans (150),joplin (147),still (147),alcohol (146),always (145),back (144),said (142),happen (141),shame (140),thing (139),missed (138),artist (135),bad (133)…

If you want the most used two (relevant) words combo: rest in peace (227),rip amy (204),amy winehouse (170),find peace (82),janis joplin (81),family and friends (74),drug addiction (71),great talent (70),jim morrison (61),peace amy (53),kurt cobain (52),peace now (48),jimi hendrix (46),drugs and alcohol (43),may she rest (43),loved ones (40),back to black (37),young woman (37),waste of talent (36),go to rehab (35),years ago (35),god bless (33),died at age (30),drug use (30),many people (30),much talent (30),brian jones (29),found peace (28),long time (28),may you find (27),saw this coming (27),see this coming (27),die young (26),family member (26),loved her music (26),sad news (26),hope she finds (25),incredible talent (25),well said (25),get help (24)…

Also counting three words: may she rest in peace (42),rest in peace amy (42),may you find peace (23),hope she finds the peace (18),make me go to rehab (17),rip amy winehouse (17),tried to make me go (15),talented young woman (14),heart goes out to her family (13),love is a losing game (13),finally find the peace (12),just a matter of time (12),hope she has found peace (11),hope she is at peace now (11),drug and alcohol addiction (10),finally found peace (9),find peace now (9),now amy winehouse (9),go to rehab but she said (8),may her soul rest (8),rest in peace now (8),waste of a great talent (8),alcohol and drug addiction (7),drug and alcohol abuse (7),family and loved ones (7),hit rock bottom (7),hope she has finally found (7),hope she is finally at peace (7),may god bless (7),musicians dying at age (7),another great talent (6)…

Another version of the same illustration.

Download pdf: JO-D-110816-Amy02

One more.

Download pdf: JO-D-110816-Amy03

Goodbye Amy!

Words that kill

Agatha Christie is probably the best crime writer ever. She wrote more than ninety books, but only 82 as Agatha Christie. For this illustration I counted the words of 65 of those books. Including her most famous like “Ten Little Niggers” and “Murder on the Orient Express”. She also have a long list of movie and television adaptations. Take a look at her wikipedia article.

She used the word “murder” only 4158 times… not too bad!.

Most commonly used words: poirot (13236), mrs (10845), mr (9100), quite (7388), something (6469), really (6288), sir (5243), rather (4883), woman (4431), anything (4394), doctor (4167), murder (4158), suppose (3856), away (3611), inspector (3531), marple (3390), lady (3273), moment (3261), believe (3210), dear (2729), suddenly (2719), case (2704), tuppence (2609), matter (2549), smiled (2523), killed (2421), shall (2373), someone (2367), seen (2336), understand (2302), death (2240), wife (2201), nice (2150), dead (2107), felt (2042), died (2036), tommy (2005), nodded (1985), another (1964), police (1940), sort (1927), everything (1917), husband (1902), shook (1897), married (1896), bit (1881), natural (1855), else (1849), oliver (1823), exactly (1822)…

The battle between Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple has a clear winner. Poirot has more than quad hits than Miss Marple.

I’m working in a new implementation of my word-counting tool. The target is to be able to count words combo, instead of single words. I will publish someday a whole analysis, but I want to share some of my first results with you. For these 65 books one of the most used four (representative) words combo are “miss marple shook her head”. And the three words combo winner is “said miss marple” with 1217 hits.

Another illustration. This time the words sizes are proportional to it’s repetition.

Lost, the words they said

This visualization represents the words used by each character of the popular tv show Lost. The size of the words are proportional to the number of times the character used it. The word position and the distance to the character are mostly random.

I don’t like remakes. I prefer to waste my time in new ideas. But I’m going to do an exception with this post. First because when I did it, the show wasn’t end so It was unfinished… somehow. And second because I think that Lost deserve it. I know Lost end received a lot of critiques (I share some of them) but I really enjoyed all the time I spend watching Jack, Ben and Locke making the rounds.

In addition to adding the final season information, I have taken the opportunity to improve the visualization. Remember I know the words each character said, exactly, thanks to the scripts hosted in lostpedia.wikia.com.

Yo can take a look at my original post talking about this image and others here.

Click in the image to see a high resolution version of the visualization. But if you want to see it in his full glory go to this link in Zoom.it.


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