Perceptual vs Conceptual Specificity of Graphics (2018)

Pen and ink drawing on paper (Moleskine: 0.47" H × 3.54" W × 5.51" L). This was a sketch illustration that I created for explaining how pictorial properties afford the communication of concrete structures with greater specificity relative to symbolic properties. For more see Chapter 5 of: Coppin, P. (2014). Perceptual-cognitive properties of pictures, diagrams, and sentences: Toward a science of visual information design (Doctoral dissertation).