After
my rant the other day about sourcing images, I thought I should say something nice about graphics. Today the science editor was working on a story on biosynthetic corneas. As corneal surgery doesn't make for pretty pictures, he thought a graphic of the process would be better. I got the job of researching and sketching out what the graphic should include, before sending the brief to the graphics man.
A couple of hours later, look what the nice graphics man brought round for me to check:
How cool is that? How good would it be if we had a graphics man on site at the university who could whip up this sort of thing in a morning? Ooooh. I want one. And I almost want my graphic to get to the paper more than I want my writing to.
I've often thought that we really need the services of a graphic designer. I find myself frequently redesigning poster, leaflets, report and increasingly web sites, as well as creating my own graphics for slides etc. I've only got an art O level (grade A mind...), but it often amazes me how much difference even a little design nouse can have on the visual appearance of our work. I'll maybe raise this with the authorities...
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