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SCIENCE ILLUSTRATE HOW TO

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I found it fulfilling to develop a resource that will help fill the gap. Trainees need practical guides to communicating science through imagery. But most training materials focus on writing and oral presentations. Interest in science communication training is going up. I wanted the book to reflect the design concepts described in the text. I eventually had to transfer permission details into the official form, which was a bigger time-sink than I expected.ĬRC Press allowed me to design and typeset my own book. I wish I had started with the publisher’s spreadsheet instead of setting up my own. While waiting for permissions to clear, I began preparing 100 of my own images for layout. Securing rights to reprint more than 160 illustrations from other artists was a huge lift.

I signed a contract, then dove into additional research that included interviews with information designers and scientists to talk about their graphics-building routines and collaboration experiences. My content plan flowed naturally from topics I had spent the past two decades crafting into presentations.

SCIENCE ILLUSTRATE HOW TO

I also wrote it for designers, illustrators, and visual journalists struggling with how to approach content rooted in science and for science communicators of all types looking to bolster their knowledge of the practice of creating explanatory graphics.

I wrote this book so that I’d finally have a comprehensive reference to recommend to students and scientists who ask me how to create more considered diagrams and visualizations.