• Question: What use would artistic ability have in th field?

    Asked by beaned to Souvik, Sabine, Maria, John, Faye, Armin on 14 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Maria McNamara

      Maria McNamara answered on 14 Nov 2019:

      Artistic abilities are really useful in science, e.g. in designing posters and presentations for conferences, in designing brochures and information packs for students, and also just in terms of knowing how to really look at things and how to transfer the important information to a page. I’ve had to draw hundreds – if not thousands – of fossils and so being handy with a pencil has come in useful.

    • Photo: John Butler

      John Butler answered on 17 Nov 2019:

      Being artistic is very useful, as it helps make figures which are pictures that communicate research.
      Also, being artistic could also include being able to make videos to show your research:

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