These clever illustrations will make sure you never confuse similar-sounding words again

Bruce Worden is a scientific illustrator by day and a comic book creator by night. One of his projects, "Homophones, Weakly," is dedicated to visualizing "alike" words that we commonly get wrong.

INSIDER spoke to Worden about this punny project, which took five years to complete and comprises about 300 sets of homophone illustrations. 

Read on to see examples of his work and learn more about his artistic background.

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"While I think spell-check software is amazing, anyone who relies on it as their sole means of catching mistakes leaves themselves vulnerable to homophone typos," Worden said.

A self-professed grammar nerd, Worden said that he noticed more and more of these typos appearing in professionally published writing. He envisioned "Homophones, Weakly" as a simple, flashcard-like resource. 

Worden, who studied scientific illustration at the University of Michigan, has been drawing his whole life.

"I always strived for realism, and going to art school really gave me a chance to hone those artistic skills and focus on becoming a scientific illustrator," said Worden, who creates illustrations for the Journal of Clinical Investigation. 

 

 

For Worden, the best part of scientific illustration isn't the realism — it's how the artwork helps tell a story and explains complex concepts in a clear way.

He began to apply the same philosophy to his personal work.

 

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