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When it comes to science art, most of us immediatly think about super realistic and complex illustrations. But what if it doesn’t have to be like that?<\/p>\n

That’s what Charley Harper thought.<\/p>\n

At a time when science art was all about illustrations that faithfully represented the real world’s tinest details, Charley gave us a new point of view.<\/p>\n

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“When I look at a wildlife or nature subject,I don’t try to put everything in; I try to leave everything out. I never count the feathers in the wings; I just count the wings.”<\/em> – Charley Harper<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He calls himself an artist-naturalist and dedicated his career to illustrate the wildlife. However, he didn’t do it the way people were used to.\u00a0Check out Charley’s style:<\/p>\n

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Charley’s work has a bit of humor and a much simpler dash that takes into account only relevant information. His sense of life and shapes with a little twist guaranteed a huge repercussion. This is how he became a reference in the science art world.<\/p>\n

As Charley says himself, he was the only wildartist who was never compared to Audubon<\/a>\u00a0– one of the greatest talents in science art.<\/p>\n

The message is clear: there is no need to complicate things. Every dash has a purpose and must be intentional.<\/p>\n

His illustrations desmystifies the idea that only highly elaborated figures have a shot at the scientific world. Instead, they prove that simple and functional work just as well<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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All these illustrations make us think a little further:<\/p>\n

Do you take a moment to ask yourself about what you are investing your time in? How many times do you think about relevance writing a paper? Or bulding up a graph? What about your figures?<\/p>\n

Charley’s insight teaches us to meaningfully think and act. If you get the messege without it, why have it?<\/a>\"science<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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