Sarina Chen

I draw with code, data, software, or something experimental.

Currently working as a data scientist in Southern California. Learning new and fun techniques in my free time. But I still can’t draw freehand.


Web Application & Visualization

Spotify Flowers

I built a web application that converts any song on Spotify into a bouquet of flowers based on its audio analysis.

Spotify API

Photoshop

pandas

flask

D3.js

Heroku

Visualization

Holst - The Planets

I gathered audio analysis data using the Spotify API and designed visual for each of the 7 planets using scrollytelling. You can find my interview on this project in D3.js in Action, Third Edition published in 2024.

Spotify API

Pandas

Canvas

D3.js

Scrollama.js

Visualization

Adult Literacy Rates

I created an animated visualization that layered data on adult literacy rates across countries in the past decade. My entry was shortlisted at the Data Visualization Contest hosted by World Government Summit.

Pandas

D3.js

Scrollama.js

Visualization

State of the Industry 2023

I visualized Data Visualization Challenges and Inspirations with data from Data Visualization Society's 2023 State of the Industry survey. My entry received first place in the competition for the Explanatory category.

D3.js