A handbook of biological illustration

by Frances W. Zweifel

This book is designed to help biologists who must create their own illustrations and artists who are confronted with unfamiliar biological subjects. The author, and experienced biological illustrator, gives practical instructions and advice on the consideration of size and of printing processes, choice of materials, methods for saving time and labor, drawing techniques, lettering methods, and mounting and packing the finished illustrations.

137 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 1988

Reviews

[Diana Thayer · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is fine for what it is - a brief, specific handbook for biologists who need to include figures in their presentations or published papers or textbooks. It's not good for the purpose for which I wanted it - technicalities and techniques of scientific illustration.

[Doug Mccallum · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is quite good for what it is intended -- for the biologist who isn't an artist and the artist who isn't a biologist. It is a good beginning guide to biological illustration. If you want to learn how to draw detailed anatomy, this isn't the book.