Data Skunkworks

Experiments with data.

Each project below has a short note on how I built it and a link to the code, so you can make your own.

3D

2026 / three.js / WebGL / Open map data

Brisbane pixel diorama

A 3D pixel-art model of inner Brisbane, built from open map data, that you can fly around.

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All work

5 pieces

3D

2026 / three.js / WebGL / Open map data

London pixel diorama

A 3D pixel-art model of central London, with its landmarks built by hand, that you can fly around.

Scroll

2026 / Canvas / Scrollytelling

The Dying of the Dragons

A hand-drawn, scrolling map of the Targaryen civil war, in which the sky slowly empties of dragons.

Network

2019 / D3 / Network analysis

Game of Thrones networks

Who matters in A Song of Ice and Fire, as force-directed networks of the characters in all five books.

Scroll

2025 / D3 / Scrollytelling

Every James Bond vehicle

A scrolling story of every scene Bond spends in a car, plane, boat or train, across 25 films and 60 years.

About

I'm Thomas Colin, a data scientist in Brisbane. I've spent my career turning data into information, most recently at Atlassian.

Data Skunkworks is where the experiments live: each piece starts with a question and ends with something you can poke at.

The code for every piece is on GitHub.