Making Scientific Figures with Illustrator & Blender: Motivation & Intro for the workshops

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I've been an artist since I could hold a pencil, long before I studied Mathematics & Physics. As a scientist, those art skills have benefitted me greatly in being able to present & promote my scientific work to the masses. The goal of these workshops is to teach scientists some basic skills in using Adobe Illustrator and free open-source Blender (www.blender.org/) in order to make beautiful, eye-catching scientific figures & scientific artwork.

Outline for Making Scientific Figures with Illustrator:
1. Introduction to AI: Basics, pen tool, selection tools    • Making Scientific Figures w/ Illustra...  
2. Creating & editing shapes: Rectangle/ellipse tool, pathfinder, knife & scissor tool    • Making Scientific Figures w/ Illustra...  
3. Creating & using fills: Appearance panel, gradients, atomic patterns    • Making Scientific Figures w/ Illustra...  
4. Using the effects panel: Transform, 3D effects, Drop shadow    • Making Scientific Figures w/ Illustra...  
5. AI Workflow: Journal templates, importing data, putting it all together    • Making Scientific Figures w/ Illustra...  

If you make any beautiful figures from these workshops, please share them with me & the world & use #HappyFigureMaking
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