{"id":10790,"date":"2020-02-17T18:10:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T21:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/?p=10790"},"modified":"2023-01-05T15:35:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T18:35:48","slug":"building-comparison-infographic-snake-mimicry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/building-comparison-infographic-snake-mimicry\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a comparison infographic to explain snake mimicry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A comparison infographic is a great tool to compare and contrast two or more elements. It is very useful in Life sciences to compare different species,\u00a0 treatment and control groups in an experiment, diseases progression and so on. But how to create a successfully comparison infographic? I selected a few examples to explain. Also, all these templates are available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindthegraph.com\/templates\">mind the graph<\/a>, you can start from them and adapt to fit your needs.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>03 topics to pay attention when you are building a comparison infographic<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Alignment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The elements must be on the same level, size and position. Otherwise your readers can find difficulty to compare the elements. Whether it\u2019s two or three elements, you should put everything symmetrical.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Look at these examples:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-10790 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/building-comparison-infographic-snake-mimicry\/preview_177355-1\/'><img width=\"800\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_177355-1-1024x832.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"preview_177355-1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_177355-1-1024x832.png 1024w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_177355-1-300x244.png 300w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_177355-1-768x624.png 768w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_177355-1.png 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/building-comparison-infographic-snake-mimicry\/preview_177354\/'><img width=\"800\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_177354-1024x832.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"preview_177354\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_177354-1024x832.png 1024w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_177354-300x244.png 300w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_177354-768x624.png 768w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_177354.png 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We created a video tutorial step-by-step to help you create a professional graphical abstract. Check out:<\/p>\n<p><center>\u00a0<\/center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tutorial | Creating a comparison infographic\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hB6pX4wHU6g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>A\u00a0clear division<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can use colors and boxes to split the content.\u00a0If\u00a0you want a\u00a0clean and minimalistic infographic, you can choose darker or lighter shades of color. You can use contrastant colors as well to compare very contrastant things.\u00a0 Just pay attention to NOT pollute your graphical abstracts using not-matching colors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Look at these examples:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-10790 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/building-comparison-infographic-snake-mimicry\/preview_177358\/'><img width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_177358-1024x768.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"preview_177358\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_177358-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_177358-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_177358-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_177358.png 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/building-comparison-infographic-snake-mimicry\/preview_162780\/'><img width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview-162780-1024x768.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"preview-162780\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview-162780-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview-162780-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview-162780-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview-162780-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview-162780-16x12.png 16w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview-162780-100x75.png 100w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview-162780.png 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Consistency<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Stay\u00a0consistent using the same kind of elements.\u00a0You must combine the size, view and position of the elements you are using. Don\u2019t choose a illustration that not match with the others. You need to create a pattern with the illustrations, colors, <a href=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/scientific-fonts\/\">font type and size<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That is why all illustrations on mind the graph have the same pattern, you can combine the illustrations you want and make a harmonic infographic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Look at these examples:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-10790 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/building-comparison-infographic-snake-mimicry\/preview_78323-1\/'><img width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_78323-1-1-1024x768.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"preview_78323-1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_78323-1-1-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_78323-1-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_78323-1-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_78323-1-1.png 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/building-comparison-infographic-snake-mimicry\/preview_78320-1024x768\/'><img width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_78320-1024x768-1024x768.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"preview_78320-1024x768\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_78320-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_78320-1024x768-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/preview_78320-1024x768-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Check out this other video tutorial. Feel free to subscribe our youtube channel. We post new video tutorials\u00a0every week.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Comparison infographic for life sciences\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V_Qng0DzPzk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Have you liked these tips? Starting using mind the graph to create your own graphical abstracts and infographics right now:<\/p>\n<p><\/center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindthegraph.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6577\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/start_get-mind-the-graph-medical-illustrations.png\" alt=\"mind the graph scientific illustrations\" width=\"250\" height=\"81\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/start_get-mind-the-graph-medical-illustrations.png 310w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/start_get-mind-the-graph-medical-illustrations-300x97.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comparison infographic is a great tool to compare and contrast two or more elements. 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