I’ve been working on an animation about Zika Virus Disease and I thought I’d show you the process. It’s a slightly different process than how I normally animate so I have a lot of background pieces I can share this time. The first two images are the concept sketches/storyboards in pencil. This is the stage […]
Why choose a medical illustrator? Medical illustrators are professional artists with extensive training in medicine, science, communication and media technology and hold advanced degrees from universities affiliated with medical schools. As visualization specialists, they create imagery that advances medical science knowledge and empowers health literacy for patients and the public. They have the medical and […]
There is the remote possibility that I will burn in Fine Artist hell for saying this but I think Norman Rockwell is the greatest artist ever born. I also like Monet and think Robert Frost is a darn good poet! The thing about Rockwell is…the guy could really tell a story. He was a draftsman, a […]
One of my favorite shows on TV is How It’s Made. I love the behind the scenes play-by-play they give for everything from apple pies to zeppelins (okay, maybe they have never actually done zeppelins but I did see one on apple pies). I just enjoy seeing the process. So when I received a job last […]
This is a medical-legal piece showing a dissection of the internal carotid artery. In this instance the word dissection does not refer to cutting something up to study. Here it is a tearing away of the interior wall of the carotid artery due to a spontaneous or traumatic injury. While once considered uncommon, spontaneous dissection is now known […]
One of my newest works is an eye cross section from above (superior) and from behind (posterior) that I finished a couple weeks ago. I also included the planning sketch. The thickness of each layer is very important to the overall accuracy and a lot of time was spent in the sketching stage to make […]