Concept art for my upcoming comic Arctic Flowers. The top panel captures a panoramic view of Sweden’s Tarfala Valley, while the bottom panel focuses on the valley’s rocks and resilient mosses — small details that tell big stories.
A study of glacial ice — not quite the usual blue, because I couldn’t resist trying out a new tube of purple paint. I’ve been inspired by artists like Jill Pelto and Claire Giordano, whose layered colors bring incredible depth and energy to their glacier work. This is my own little experiment in that spirit.
Concept art for Arctic Flowers, my upcoming comic set in Sweden’s Tarfala Valley. These panels feature: (1) Lapland diapensia, (2) the distinctive buildings of Tarfala Research Station, and (3) purple mountain saxifrage — each a small piece of the Arctic landscape that’s central to the story.
Arctic Flowers — Sample title page for my new project. The story is inspired by Adelaide Stork’s rediscovered herbarium, which, after 60 years, is guiding a new generation of botanists and geologists through Tarfala’s Arctic landscape.
80th Anniversary - Commissioned by director, Nina Kirchner, to celebrate Tarfala Research Station’s 80th anniversary. Eight open glacier buttercups mark eight decades of research — with a ninth just beginning to bloom.
Work in progress — Adelaide Stork worked at Tarfala Research Station 60 years ago, documenting the changing Arctic landscape. On a recent call, she recalled doing fieldwork at all hours to dodge storms — made possible by the endless light of the midnight sun
How do glaciers work - This pages comes from my short introduction to glaciology. I was inspired to make this after presenting at science festivals across the UK, answering the commonly asked titular question. Published on the Comic Corner on AntarcticGlaciers.org.
Framing glaciological research - Inspired by conversations on accessibility in polar research. The first panel shows a traditionally dressed Sámi herder with their reindeer, the second a Greenlandic fisher navigating icebergs, and the third honours Barbara Hillary — the first Black woman to reach both poles.
Rebound - This is short introduction glacio-isostatic rebound. Made for the Comic Corner on AntarcticGlaciers.org.
Visual description of West Kirby, a field site for 3rd year undergraduate physical geography students. I made this illustration to show students how visual science communication could be implemented in their assessed environmental management reports.
Illustrated abstract of Parry et al. (2014) – I made this illustrated abstract on peatland degradation and restoration after a colleague presented their interest in peat to our Environmental Change Research Group. This paper (Parry et al. 2014) serves as important context to their research.
Visual brainstorm on volcanology – I was inspired to make this visual brainstorm after a discussion on glacio-volcanic interactions with a colleague. The panel on Prof. Sheldrake's research was inspired by an EGU blog post.
This panel, from my comic Ice & Science, gives the scientific context for Rachel Carr's funny penguin stories from her Antarctic field work. The content of this panel is based on Carr's field report after having observed the impact of human presence on a large penguin colony at Cape Hallet.
This panel, from my comic Ice & Science, is a storyboard of David Sugden and Brian John's field work in Antarctica from 1965 to 1966. This shows essential information you'd find in an abstract: studied landscapes, methods, and preliminary results. The content for this panel originated from Sugden's private field diary.
This full-page layout, from my comic Ice & Science, breakdowns the logistics of field work in Antarctica. After a decade of field seasons, Liz Bagshaw's reflections offer insights into some of the most remote work in the world.
This page, from my comic Ice & Science, shows one of the core objectives outlined in the International Glaciological Society British Branch statutes from 1974.
This page, from my comic Ice & Science, shows one of the core objectives outlined in the International Glaciological Society British Branch statutes from 1974.
This page, from my comic Ice & Science, takes a whimsical and introspective look at field work. By reviewing Liz Bagshaw's thoughts in a tent on the Greenland Ice Sheet, readers are brought on the scene to experience the emotions for themselves.