Beyond its representative function, drawing and its fields of research (scientific illustration, infographics, etc.) are indisputable methodological tools for recording processes, visualizing ideas, and representing abstract or material relationships. Far from being merely a means of expression, drawing is a valuable device for thinking, detailed observation, and the production of interdisciplinary visual knowledge.

Numerous current projects demonstrate this convergence of drawing in different fields: artistic proposals to document biodiversity from a critical, aesthetic, and scientific perspective; graphic research to translate social and ecological phenomena into visual systems, combining real data with other formal solutions specific to art... These are hybrid practices, in which informational rigor coexists with artistic subjectivity, and where drawing acts as an interface between disciplines.

Scientific illustration and infographics are incorporated into contemporary drawing processes as new tools for exploring, representing, and communicating knowledge. This interaction promotes dialogue between science and art, while expanding the scope of drawing as a complex visual language capable of articulating critical thinking, aesthetic sensitivity, and empirical analysis in the same practice.

Possible lines of research for this monograph:

• projects from contemporary drawing versus scientific illustration;
• data visualization as methodological and creative material in drawing research;
• the democratic and creative role of infographics in art;
• drawing and representing the invisible: microbiology, botany, astrophysics, neuroscience;
• visual strategies applicable to the translation of scientific data or concepts into understandable and meaningful images, illustrations, and ideas;
• convergences between art, science, and data visualization in the future.

Your proposals (original and unpublished) will be submitted through the Open Journal Systems platform (www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.php/Ausart) before 29 March 2026. The file with the article will not include either the name or any element identifying its author(s) and must include:

• the title of the article (+ English translation);
• summary (a single paragraph ± 150 words) + summary in English (idem);
• up to five key words and their English translation,
• text (± 3000 words) with optional images and graphics; bibliographical references according to the Chicago author-year format.
• If possible, it is recommended to suggest the names of TWO REVIEWERS (name, 2 surnames, affiliation and e-mail address) who are specialists in the subject addressed, for the evaluation of the article. Such reviewers should not belong to the same institution as the author, nor to UPV/EHU, nor imply any conflict of interest, and may not necessarily be assigned in the review phase.