"He cleared his throat. 'I want to say something, but I’m not sure I can.' He scrawled something and pushed it towards me." ...

Explore some favorite visual stories of designers, developers and art directors from The Washington Post’s Design, Graphics and Opinions teams.

Imagine a student saying they look just like their grandpa. Sounds cute. But what if they provided you with an old photograph where someone is so similar to them, you'd say it's their clone? Or what ...