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# ILLUSTRATING IDEAS: THE STORY SO FAR

*let's collaborate on a doc that sums up the work of this Cluster. Our excuse for doing this will be Christine's arrival (so we can help get her up to speed!) . . . but this doc will have many many uses, and will be an example of the sort of simple markdown-report that we'll end up creating for each of the MDFs as individuals too!*

## PEOPLE

*let's add everyone in here! I'll start with MDFs, but let's add staff and LLUFs too!*

### [Christine D'Auria](/need-link)
**Department:** The Learning Lab
**Courses:**
**Interests:** InDesign, Illustrator?

### [Claire Adams](/1O1-Vf71Raqvf2QRgRjiQg)
**Department:** History
**Courses:** Hist 1056 - Michael McCormick, HIST99 - Ann Blair / Ian Miller, HIST 

### [Queenie Luo](/kWSZ3xTjRRiNtZZY4NoTuA)
**Bok - EALC**
**Courses:** GENED 1091: Classical Chinese Ethical and Political Theory - Michael Puett
**Interests:** Fashion Design, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, ClipStudio, 

### [Xiaomeng Han](/VkSfif98Qi-T5rJkX17yEw)
**Department:** MCB - Neuroscience
**Course:** MCB80 - Jeff Lichtman and Katie Quast

### [Zane Wolf](/jep5aiPnTwOA02YuRQyX7Q)
**Department:** OEB
**Course:** Sea Monsters - Pete Girguis
Project: dataVisLab

### [Eduarda Araujo](/cyQdS9SDSM6G1-p5o81QYA)
**Department:** AAAS
**Courses:** PORTUG40

### [Sharol Liu](/a7RkumDORX-QiGwazsnXsQ)
**Department:** HGSE
**Courses:** 
**Interests:** redesigning how people learn. Interested in UX design. Sketch, Figma, Illustrator. AR. 

### [Marcus Knoke](/x0Bus_gZRlC-8akEc_BShA)
**Department:** WGS, English
**Courses:** 
**Interests:** Poster, blender, clip studio, Canva, InDesign, Photoshop

## TOOLS

* Adobe Illustrator
* Paper, Pens, Ink, Brushes, Paint, Scissors, Knives
* Adobe Illustrator
* Adobe Photoshop
* Adobe InDesign
* [Clip Studio Paint](https://www.clipstudio.net/en/)
* Procreate
* Adobe Fresco

## PROJECTS

### THE CLUSTER ITSELF

In the Illustrating Ideas cluster, we work on learning illustration tools, designing and testing activities for courses, and expanding the graphical vocabularies available to our faculty and student clients.
* [meeting logs](https://hackmd.io/1Fi0BuwaTeeOGWtD4Y-SjA)

![](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F02L2BRSUNM/workshop_sketch.jpg?pub_secret=ab7afa92fe)
![](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F02L4LXLBU3/final.jpg?pub_secret=0bc10e63a8)


### GRAPHICAL ABSTRACTS IN THE SCIENCES

**Course Title:** MCB/Neuro 80: Neurobiology of Behaviors 
**MDF:** Xiaomeng
**Faculty:** Jeff Lichtman
**Tools:** Procreate, Adobe Illustrator
**Moves:** Graphical Explanation, 

![graphical abstract thumbnail](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F02EU2523U3/graphical_abstract_thumbnail.png?pub_secret=e1e3d7f319)

In MCB80, students are encountering scientific papers for the first time. Every semester MCB 80 will cover several classical research papers that are important milestones in the field of neuroscience. MCB80 has a focus on science communication broadly, and professor Jeff Lichtman wants to create several graphic abstracts of classical papers in the field of neurobiology to show students how scientific research generates knowledge. We hope to make these graphic abstracts as straightforward demonstrations to show students how original research was conducted, and help them gain a better understanding of important findings and techniques.


### VISUAL REMIXES OF PARIS 1968 

**MDF:** Claire
**Faculty:** Mary Lewis
**Course Title:** Empire, Nation and Modern France 

The take an image from Houghton and remake it.

[History of Modern France Poster Assignment Prompt](https://slack-files.com/T0HTW3H0V-F02LCCA370A-66111e841b).

![](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F02LG8ASSGJ/claire-68-004.jpg?pub_secret=302bc7a973)

![](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F02LG29SW2E/claire-68-001.jpg?pub_secret=f285a69731)

### SCIENTIFIC POSTERS IN HISTORY

**Course Title:** France . . . 
**MDF:** Claire
**Faculty:** Mike McCormick
**Tools:** Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
**Moves:** Graphic Design, Visual Explanation

Instead of doing a final paper project, students are creating scientific posters of the sort you'd find at an academic conference

![Cooling and Societal Change Poster](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F02M3PTH7L5/img_8327.jpeg?pub_secret=fb1d82635a)

![Poster #2](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F02M3PTV7B7/img_8330.jpeg?pub_secret=92782568ae)

![2500 Years of European Climate Variability Poster](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F02MWDYFTKJ/img_8331_2.jpeg?pub_secret=1dbf6dad80)


### VIRTUAL GALLERY

drawing elements? drawing as illustration or visual commentary on the object?

workshop as a pdf

maybe
* Blender


### Graphic Novels

works
* [Fun Home by Alison Bechdel](https://www.amazon.com/Fun-Home-Tragicomic-Alison-Bechdel/dp/0618871713/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=fun+home&qid=1636994359&sr=8-1) (WGS 97, Linda Schlossberg)
* [The Hard Tomorrow by Eleanor Davis](https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Tomorrow-Eleanor-Davis/dp/1770463739/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+hard+tomorrow&qid=1636994409&sr=8-1) (ENG 10, Kelly Mee Rich and Teju Cole)
* [Maus by Art Spiegelman](https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Maus-Art-Spiegelman/dp/0679406417/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2580F8EXIWQV9&keywords=maus+art+spiegelman&qid=1637092671&sprefix=maus+art+spiegel%2Caps%2C469&sr=8-2)
* [Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi](https://www.amazon.com/Persepolis-Childhood-Pantheon-Graphic-Library/dp/037571457X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2RDCLADPTBV4O&keywords=persepolis+marjane+satrapi&qid=1637092696&sprefix=persepolis+marja%2Caps%2C193&sr=8-1)
* [Why Comics by Hillary Chute](https://www.amazon.com/Why-Comics-Underground-Hillary-Chute/dp/0062476807/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=why+comics+hillary+chute&qid=1637092715&sr=8-1)
* [Wire Mothers: Harry Harlow and the Science of Love by Jim Ottaviani](https://www.amazon.com/Wire-Mothers-Harry-Harlow-Science/dp/097880371X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=wire+mothers+jim+ottaviani&qid=1637092737&sr=8-1)
* [Graphic Women by Hillary Chute](https://www.amazon.com/Graphic-Women-Narrative-Contemporary-Culture/dp/0231150636/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=graphic+women+hillary+chute&qid=1637092762&sr=8-1)
* [Why Art by Eleanor Davis](https://www.amazon.com/Why-Art-Eleanor-Davis-ebook/dp/B0787KGZVF/ref=sr_1_1?crid=BBAB35NXWSIZ&keywords=why+art+eleanor+davis&qid=1637092778&sprefix=why+art+ele%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-1)
* [How to be Happy by Eleanor Davis](https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Happy-Eleanor-Davis/dp/1606997408/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=how+to+be+happy+eleanor+davis&qid=1637092794&sr=8-1)
* [You & a Bike & a Road by Eleanor Davis](https://www.amazon.com/You-Bike-Road-Eleanor-Davis/dp/1927668409/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2580F8EXIWQV9&keywords=you+and+a+bike+and+a+road+eleanor+davis&qid=1637092984&sprefix=maus+art+spiegel%2Caps%2C469&sr=8-1)
* [Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud](https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Comics-Invisible-Scott-McCloud/dp/006097625X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1IJWMGP61JHX9&keywords=understanding+comics+scott+mccloud&qid=1637092812&sprefix=understanding+comics+scott%2Caps%2C164&sr=8-1)