September 22, 2018. R.T. Thomason, Ph.D. As mentioned in my last blog, I am going through some figure designing topics, aka “the little things” that may seem… Read more “The Little Things (Part II)”
Category: Figure Making Tips
The Little Things (Part I)
September 12, 2018. R.T. Thomason, Ph.D. Greetings fellow writers and figure designers! It has been a while… I apologize for my absence – the summer has been… Read more “The Little Things (Part I)”
Image Duplication: It’s not ok. It’s not ok. It’s not ok. It’s not ok.
July 11, 2018. R.T. Thomason, Ph.D. My wonderful editor, Jennifer, passed along this article to me – regarding image doctoring (including duplication, inappropriate manipulations, reproduced panels, just… Read more “Image Duplication: It’s not ok. It’s not ok. It’s not ok. It’s not ok.”
File Types for Your Figures
June 29, 2018. R.T. Thomason, Ph.D. Today’s topic is a little off the beaten path, but I thought it would be useful to discuss file types. When… Read more “File Types for Your Figures”
Stock Images
May 30, 2018. R.T. Thomason, Ph.D. Following up from my post last week (to recap: I attended a meeting and went to a great presentation on… Read more “Stock Images”
NORDP Conference Concurrent Session on Figure Editing
May 21, 2018. R.T. Thomason, Ph.D., Figure Editor Last week I attended a conference, the National Organization for Research Development Professionals (NORDP) in Arlington, Virginia. This meeting… Read more “NORDP Conference Concurrent Session on Figure Editing”
Guidelines for formatting graphs: Axes
May 14, 2018. R.T. Thomason, Ph.D., Figure Editor I was so excited this week when I received a request for a specific blog topic. I was… Read more “Guidelines for formatting graphs: Axes”
Types of Figures
May 7, 2018 R.T. Thomason, Ph.D., Figure Editor Since we spent the last four blog entries discussing the article “Ten Simple Rules for Drawing Scientific Comics”… Read more “Types of Figures”
Ten Simple Rules for Drawing Scientific Comics: Rules 6 – 10
May 2, 2018 R.T. Thomason, Ph.D., Figure Editor Today we are wrapping up our discussion on simple rules for drawing scientific comics (and just a reminder,… Read more “Ten Simple Rules for Drawing Scientific Comics: Rules 6 – 10”
Ten Simple Rules for Drawing Scientific Comics: Rules 1 – 5
April 19, 2018 R.T. Thomason, Ph.D., Figure Editor This week, we will work toward wrapping up our discussion on simple rules for drawing scientific comics (and just… Read more “Ten Simple Rules for Drawing Scientific Comics: Rules 1 – 5”