mark belan | science illustrator + info designer

I made this bat flap around for today's story on neurons that help guide our day-to-day navigations.

Working in web animation is a new exploration since joining Quanta, and this is a nice example of how motion can tell a simple science story.

Read more: www.quantamagazine.org/how-animals-...

do u recommend playing it? it's in my backlog currently, debating on moving it up per your suggeschyun

Today in Quanta we report on a unique puzzle in topology.

I had a lot fun making a full graphics suite for this story, choosing the palette, mood, and even graphical representation of some of these tricky mathematical concepts.

Check it out here!

www.quantamagazine.org/two-twisty-s...

Nicos Christofides' algorithm starts by selecting the shortest possible tree (a network with no closed loops) connecting the cities. Then it adds connections until every city has an even number of connections, producing a closed route. In this case, that requires connecting the two farthest cities, resulting in a long round trip.

9/13

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THE MANY SHAPES OF BACTERIA
#science #infographic #art #sciart #bacteria #microbiology #bacterium #scientificart #biology

I’m revving up 🏎️🗣️

Girl wat 😂

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The one that changed everything for me :)

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All the Biomass of Earth, in One Graphic Our planet supports nearly 8.7 million species. We break down the total composition of the living world in terms of its biomass.

Full infographic available here: www.visualcapitalist.com/all-the-biom...

VISUALIZING THE BIOMASS OF LIFE
🐛🦉🐟🐸🐐🐌🍄🦚🐙🐍🦑🐢🦂🦧🌴
#biomass #science #infographic #art #sciart #dataviz #datavisualization #biology

store | artsci studios Purchase prints and other associated merchandise from the creations of artsci studios, a scientific illustration and information graphics design studio.

The one that changed everything for me :)

🛍️ Prints available to purchase here: www.artscistudios.com/store

All the Biomass of Earth, in One Graphic Our planet supports nearly 8.7 million species. We break down the total composition of the living world in terms of its biomass.

Full infographic available here: www.visualcapitalist.com/all-the-biom...

I co-wrote a visual explainer with Joe Howlett on the quantum mechanics of greenhouse gases. It includes graphics/animations showing why molecules like CO₂ are such powerful drivers of planetary warming.

It was fun! I'd appreciate if you checked it out here:

www.quantamagazine.org/the-quantum-...

In Sept, Quanta Magazine published a special issue on the science of climate change. We spent a lot of time curating 9 climate stories that span technology, microbiology, math, and more.

I made these 9 planetary models that reflect each story. Check it here: www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-...

A thing I keep noticing in science papers/talks lately is that graphics are being used to show data, not story.

Silently wishing more visual resources were spent showing *how* systems and processes actually operate, rather than merely offering graphs and charts that confirm they occur.

congrats James!

Algonquin vibes 🇨🇦

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ahh, the joys of reuniting with my studio PC after 8 months 🥲 #makersmagic

12 is noticeable but 13 and 14 both look similar! You probably don’t need to go higher for resolution unless you’re trying to achieve something else?

I am not, I just like this sentence

some fun graphics in today's story about smell 👃

read it here: www.quantamagazine.org/how-smell-gu...

Just had a discussion about methane geometry for a piece we’re working on re: climate!

can anyone in #cartography or #mapping help me find a plate-carree/equirectangular projection of Pannotia? (ie: this planet?)

Would greatly appreciate it!

Love the blue-white range

God, I genuinely hate it every time I need to open and use illustrator.

I’m into the liquid glass, I dunno why everyone’s so upset about it 🤷🏼‍♂️

These are beautiful

wow, 'that' place is really dead for sci comm/sci folks isn't it.... nothing hits there anymore!

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This was such a fun, new creative pipeline to explore - a visual like this wouldn't be possible otherwise. I have so many ideas for how to expand this in new ways for the graphics reporting we do at Quanta.

Stay tuned! And subscribe to Quanta for more math and science news!

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