Wednesday, October 31, 2012

MRP Teaser

Now that the pre-production for my Master's research project (MRP) is well under way, I'd like to share some of the materials I have created for the project. This is just a teaser to start (storyboard panel). I will explain the scope and content of my project soon, since I don't think I've yet described it adequately.


Later,
Stuart

Monday, October 15, 2012

Metastatic Bone Disease

For the pathology course, initially I was set to do an illustration on leprosy, but for various reasons, it proved to be not the best topic. So I've decided to illustrate Metastatic Bone Cancer, which should be more interesting, comprehensible, relevant, understood, and satisfying as a final product. I've done a couple of tissue studies. As I've been doing research, I understand that there are several aspects of these studies that I will need to correct or improve for the final illustration. But they serve the purpose of trying to understand the tissue and the accompanying visual problems.

This is a perspective view of tissue cubes, showing a metastasis growing over time and eroding the trabeculae.



This is a color study with pencil crayon, showing a rib with associated intercostal muscle and a pathologic fracture.


I also created a series of tutorials in Cinema4D and After Effects for classmates for a group project we're working on. I honestly don't expect anyone to watch all 1hr+ of it, but the first couple minutes of the first one might give an idea of the scope of the tutorial.



Later,
Stuart