In the midst of some forgotten political conversation, I realized that million and billion weren’t registering appropriately. Because of the almost inconceivable numbers involved, I heard them as a lot and a whole lot, respectively. I opened PhotoShop to make a comparison, but quickly realized that a third number wasn’t going to show.
Later, as I was making pixel cubes for a different, but also forgotten purpose, I realized that the million-billion-trillion relationship could be implied. The idea is that we quickly gather that the third cube is shaped like the first two.
A pixel-art 3d chart, similar to a bar chart, but able to express a higher ratio difference because of implied size.