I thought I’d show my working process in photoshop, starting with drawing and going toward finished illustration!

This portrays the pulling/dissecting up of the gallbaldder from the liver bed.  It’s actually kind of a bloody mess; it’s not like the gallbladder just sits and hangs out by the liver, it becomes tightly invested in it via connective tissue and small vessels.

The checked background is the default background in photoshop, letting you know what’s transparent and what’s not.  I’d probably leave that out next time.

The original drawing, scanned and masked

Initial masking and tonal development

More finessing of tonal base and vignetting

even more tonal finessing

Rough color study - see the blood?

Refined color choices and flat masking

The final - more vignetting, adjustment of tone, and more color variation, and highlights.

It needed to be clear that it’s not the prettiest thing to happen in the body, but didn’t want to get gory.  The final looks rather watercolorish in some respects.

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Otherwise known as removing the gallbladder, this surgery is often performed in a particular demographic remembered by the 4 F’s: fat, fertile, fair, female.  Often there are stones that have complicated the health of the patient, and this cute little organ has to go!  Fortunately, like a lot of surgeries, this one can be done laparoscopically, with the patient in and out of the hospital (although not fully recovered) in a single day.

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The  Art of Science has recently picked its 2009 winners.  The concept behind this year’s contest, the 3rd of its kind, is found art — none of the chosen pieces were labored over or planned out, they were simply unexpectedly and suddenly seen through a microscope, computer screen, or what have you.

I’m not a fan with all the images chosen, but when you view them one by one, there are quite a few that hold there own.  See “Cement Flower” and “Metadherin Expression at 10.5 Days Post Conception” and “Semiconducting Feathers”.   The whole concept reminds me of Michael Kimmelman’s “The Accidental Masterpiece” — unexpected art buried found buried in chests, garages, attics, dollar stores.

There’s an opportunity for veterans, orthopoedic surgeons, or any artist affected by war: Wounded In Action Art . Submissions are being accepted from May 15 to October 15, in a variety of media.  The juried exhibition will be in March 2010 and aims to honor and pay tribute to those who have suffered from orthopoedic injuries, the research that is furthering surgery techniques, and the surgeons behind the operations.

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Finished patient education brouchure is below!  Rather than target patients before they have a Cesarean section, this focuses on the post surgery healing process; most recievers of C-sections a) need unplanned operations and wouldn’t have time to read details in a pamphlet or b) have already had a Cesarean section and know the ropes.

Media: pencil, pen, Photoshop, Painter, Indesign

It’s constructed as a typical tri-fold brouchure — below are both the inside and outside of it.

Inside pages

Outside pages

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I’m finally getting these images of hearts up that were designed for a powerpoint presentation about normal heart anatomy and flow contrasted that of with persistent truncus arteriosus.  Minus wrestling with Powerpoint over some issues, it was more exciting than it sounds.  All were done in graphite/photoshop.

Normal heart, showing the internal right side

Surgical fix of truncus arteriosus heart

Flow of blood through truncus arteriosus heart

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