Science and Comics Fellowship | University of Oregon
Quantum Physics Comic
How to engage undergraduate physics students using a non-traditional medium?
Inter-Disciplinary Design
Adobe Illustrator
Storytelling
Storyboarding
Illustration
Infographics
Comics
At a Glance
An original, illustrated comic designed to engage undergraduate students with a unique educational tool via visual learning and storytelling.
Situation
A fellowship between the science and comics departments at University of Oregon. Two design students per year pair up with a research team.
Action
Meeting in the lab every week to understand the research, and co-create our comic.
Problem
How might a design undergraduate student co-create a comic about an ion trap experiment that is engaging, accessible, and educational?
Result
A 10 page comic designed to explain the researchers' work with ion-trapping to undergraduate students in an engaging, accessible way.
Design process
Process
"If I can understand what you guys are doing here, anybody can." - Anja
01 Meeting the Researchers
Meet the team. I joined David weekly in the lab to learn about the researchers' work, take notes, and sketch equipment.
02 Co-Creation
Because the comic would be used as educational material, scientific accuracy was of top importance. We sketched ideas together, and everything I came up with would be reviewed by the team.
03 Illustration Iteration
Opening up Adobe Illustrator on my laptop in the lab, we could quickly iterate if an idea was working or not.
Output
Check out the final comic below!
