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I have a number of interests
that overlap with my academic life. These mainly involve drawing. I
have done both Scientific Illustration and cartooning.
| I have been cartooning ever since I can remember,
and it was the first profession I chose for myself (this is no lie, I have
a kindergarten book somewhere professing that I wanted to be a cartoonist
when I grew up).
Somewhere along the way, I seem to have gotten sidetracked into
Science. Luckily, I also find this very interesting, and my
profession is full of people wanting cartoons for talks and posters so I
always get opportunity to doodle. That way I will be ready when my
big break comes and I can quit my day-job! |
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In the meantime, I
have had several outlets for my creative urges. I Illustrate and
paint when I can.
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| I had a regular panel cartoon in the Science
Newspaper at UBC when I was an undergraduate. The series
was called I.N. Stein, and ran bi-weekly for four years (when
I remembered to submit things).
The cartoons were science related, and range from
physics, math, chemistry and biology, to general themes about
university. My brother-in-law, Doug
Craigen, has amended some of these illustrations into his
Physics
Humor page.
Lately, I have
been cartooning for the
ISBE
Newsletter, with the focus of the cartoons being in animal
behaviour.
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| One of my current projects is working with Doug on a series of
children's stories for the internet. This is called the
Eureka
series, which center around famous scientists, and hopefully teach a
little as well as entertain. So far we have one full story (Archimedes
and the Crown) completed, and one written and partially illustrated (Archimedes
and the Roman Army). This has taken a bit of a hiatus while Doug
and I have been busy sorting out things like 'jobs', but we were very
excited when Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics asked if they
could use the illustrations to Archimedes and the Crown for one of their
instructional videos for teachers called "Essential Science for Teachers".
If you manage to get a copy, it is in Video 6 - Rising and Sinking! |
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