Manual of Scientific Illustration

This manual compiles the knowledge of a number scientific illustrators with extensive teaching experience in a reference work for both professionals and amateurs who want to understand the field.

Scientific illustration an essential discipline to transmit with rigor and clarity the work of researchers and many scientific concepts and processes in nature.

In this manual, you will learn about scientific illustrators’ work, see some of the most used techniques, and get advice from professionals in different areas. We include exercises and ask questions that will help you to reflect on important aspects of illustration. This manual covers all branches of scientific illustration, from plants and animals to the representation of cellular processes, supernovas, dissections, dinosaurs, minerals, and even diagrams and chemical formulas: everything that scientific study can examine.

A reference work for both illustration professionals and amateurs who want to understand the field.