Improving your visuals
======================

We have focussed on getting the basics right in this section. There is however a lot more to learn about visualisation
and, in particular, how to communicate with graphics. 

### Peter McKeever

A great starting point is StatsPerform's
Peter McKeever who gives great insight in to how to make better data visualisations. 

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Peter has an [excellent website](http://petermckeever.com) with code and further 
examples. He also mentioned in the talk the blog by [Lisa Charlotte Muth](https://lisacharlottemuth.com).

### Maram AlBaharna

Maram creates unique visuals using from football data.  In this Friends of Tracking episode, we talked to her about how she works.

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The work she did online landed her a job at [The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/author/maram-albaharna/). 

### Son of a corner

Another 'up and coming' football visualiser is Son of a Corner. Here are heat shot maps for top strikers 
around Europe 

![](../images/lesson1/tiledshots.jpg)

If you want to follow his method, he gives a [step-by-step guide](https://www.sonofacorner.com/shot-maps-a-matplotlib-tutorial/) here.