Soaring Spiders

Infographic revealing how spiders “fly” thousands of miles using the process called ballooning. New research explores how they harness wind and the electric field to create lift. Research and art collaboration with Mesa Schumacher. National Geographic Magazine May 2019.

 

Below shows the progression of the graphic from the original pitch, to sketch, to finalizing the design and illustration. For this graphic, I collaborated with artist Mesa Schumacher.

For this project, I also collaborated with the video producer, Lauren Leadmon and Daniela Santamarina, to create a video explainer. Check out the video here!

Video explainer of how spiders balloon and travel in the air without wings

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