[lug] Creating a cute graphic on webpage

[Gordon Golding]

 I am working with a remote sensing cluster.  Rather than just show numbers, I want to come up with an informational graphic.

Can anybody point me to resources to figure out how to do this?

I have a tank of volatile liquid which needs to be kept within temp and pressure parameters.

So what I'd like to do is something like this:

Have a rectangle - a nice oblongy, round-cornered tanky looking thing would be cooler - maybe cutsy background graphic with oblong transparent region in center....?

Separate it with a line or division - the line represents how much liquid left in the tank, moves up and down.

Top division and bottom division both change color:
Bottom = blue for cold, green for OK, red for hot - ranging through a spectrum is cooler.
Top = same changing color idea for over-pressure, nominal, under-pressurized

Choice of colors obviously isn't a big deal, once I have the basis - like deep blue for the bottom, pale aqua-blue for the top, for example.

I'm using Drupal, but I imagine this to not tie in at all - just be it's own html dropped onto blank region.

Any thoughts?

 

Gordon 

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