"Nothing in science has any value to society if it is not communicated." — Anne Roe, 1952
Good scientific figures...
- Distill information down to the simplest ideas. This often means not publishing every bit of data.
- Are visually compelling. Beautiful figures draw readers in and encourage them to care about your work.
Conceptual figure-making resources:
- Science Magazine's Best Graphics of 2023
- PLOS Computational Biology's Ten Simple Rules for Better Figures
- Nature's nature graphics blog
- Sciencegraphicdesign.com's poster-making and accessible design blog posts
Practical figure-making resources:
- 3D Rendering (blender) — CG Figures on youtube
- Photography — Adobe's black background photography guide
- Bio-related Illustration — Biorender
- Poster Making — Poster Design pdf, Stanford Poster Design Guidelines
- These resources provide valuable best-practices info for making clear, readable posters
- These resources provide valuable best-practices info for making clear, readable posters
Beautiful figure inspiration:
Professional Scientific Graphic Designers:
You may want to hire them or look at their work for inspiration!
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