September 11, 2014

For today’s Daily Create I created an image of my favorite mathematical equation/expression using images of numbers and symbols found on the internet. Being a Business major and having recently sold my soul to Principles of Finance (it was a challenging class), a formula that I had remembered was that for determining the future value of an investment with compound interest: A = P(1+r/n)^nt. To find images of the numbers and symbols needed to build the equation, I used Google images and selected images that varied in color, font, design, etc. To combine them, I opened up a blank canvas in GIMP and uploaded all the images needed for my equation as layers. I scaled and moved each layer to build my equation, then merged all the layers before exporting my image. I cropped out unnecessary white space, then exported my equation as a .PNG image file which I then uploaded on Flickr. Below is my favorite equation, depicted using images: