[Tex/LaTex] Wrapfigure side by side on two columns

Question

I need to insert two figures such that the figures would be side by side, starting from the left column and the second figure partially spanned on the next column. I've tried both wrapfig and minipage with no luck. Example of the requested layout:

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

If you make a figure at the top of the left column and put in contents (pictures) that is too wide they will expand into the right column. Then you can use e.g. wrapfig in the right column to make space for the extra width. It will robably be a bit tricky to start the wrapfigure at the top of the right column. Here I have not put any effort at ending the left column in a nice way, I just made a \newpage when I could not fit another paragraph.

\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\begin{document}
\title{My title}
\author{Me}
\maketitle
\begin{abstract}
  \lipsum[1]
\end{abstract}
\section{Introduction}
\lipsum[1-4]%% On left column second page

\begin{figure}[t]%% Put a picture that is too wide. It will continue in to the right column
  \begin{minipage}[t]{0.7\linewidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image}
    \caption{First picture}
    \label{fig:first}
  \end{minipage}\rule{1em}{0pt}%
  \begin{minipage}[t]{0.7\linewidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image}
    \caption{Second picture}
    \label{fig:second}
  \end{minipage}
\end{figure}

\lipsum[1]%% Now at the bottom of left column on second page

\newpage %% On top of right column
\begin{wrapfigure}{L}{0.45\linewidth}%% Make room for the too wide figure in the left column
  \rule{0pt}{15em}% height of wrapfigure
\end{wrapfigure}

\lipsum[1-5]
\end{document}

As a note, I am not sure I would recommend this. If you have two fiugures that are too wide to put in one column I would either put them in seprate figures after each other or in on that spans both columns, e.g.

\begin{figure*}[t]
  \begin{minipage}[t]{0.47\linewidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image}
    \caption{First picture}
    \label{fig:first}
  \end{minipage}\hfill%
  \begin{minipage}[t]{0.47\linewidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image}
    \caption{Second picture}
    \label{fig:second}
  \end{minipage}
\end{figure*}