Production, Circulation, and Drainage
Cerebrospinal Fluid:
This two-page textbook spread is the result of a collaborative effort of three students in the Biomedical Communications neuroanatomy course. For this group project, a pre-determined style guide and colour palette were followed, and a studio environment workflow was emulated, with each team member taking charge of a different stage of execution. My role was the conceptualization and design of the illustrations and layout and the composition of text. Illustrations were then vectorized by Kim and rendered by Felix. The goal of this spread is to communicate key anatomical and physiological aspects of cerebrospinal fluid at molecular, tissue, and system scales.
Clients: Prof. Dave Mazierski, Prof. Shelley Wall
Audience: undergraduate students
Format: print (textbook)
Medium: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Date: April 2018
Biomedical illustration & design
Knee Joint:
Ligaments and Articular Surfaces
This illustration is an observational study created from an anatomical specimen in Grant's Museum (University of Toronto) as part of the gross anatomy course in the Biomedical Communications program. Multiple anatomical atlases were consulted to idealize the 90 year old specimen that served as primary reference. This piece aims to communicate the ligaments and articular surfaces of the human knee joint in flexion.
Clients: Prof. Dave Mazierski
Audience: undergraduate students
Format: print (textbook)
Medium: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Date: January 2018
Process work
This piece began as an illustration of the tibiofemoral joint and associated ligaments; the fibula was included to show the distal attachment of the lateral collateral ligament. An initial sketch of this joint was drafted from observation of a formalin-preserved specimen in Grant's Museum. After some consideration, I decided to illustrate the entire knee joint, and I created a second iteration of the sketch, which included the patella and associated ligaments
Upon completion of a satisfactory sketch, I vectorized the drawing in Illustrator and rendered in Photoshop. Rendering was refined based on feedback from Prof. Mazierski and in consultation with multiple anatomical atlas references. Particular attention was given to the texture of the articular surfaces and the relationship of articular surfaces and bone. This process of refinement lead to the final product shown at the top of the page.
References
1. Agur, A. M. R., & Dalley, A. F. (2009). Grant’s Atlas of Anatomy (12th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
2. Hansen, J. T. (2010). Netter’s Clinical Anatomy (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Saunders.
3. Schuenke, M., Schulte, E., & Schumacher, U. (2010). Atlas of Anatomy: General Anatomy and Musculoskeletal System. (L. M. Ross & E. D. Lamperti, Eds.). New York: Thieme.