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Medical Illustration is a strange breed: a mix of science, art, medicine, and problem-solving. It is my job to get ideas to make sense visually. Thanks for stopping by!

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Archive for September, 2007

eggs are people, too

Sometimes I make Ukrainian Easter Eggs, and not just at Eastertime. It had been too long since my last batch so I decided to get out my dyes. Here is one rather traditional egg, with fish, and one medical-illustration-inspired egg, with kidneys!
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illustrator using illustrator

Today I spent some time playing around with Illustrator CS3. I’m usually a Photoshop girl, but people do need to make vector art sometimes, so I’m giving in and doing a little practice. Here is today’s fish.

medical illustration brownies

How to make a delicious treat out of your everyday artwork!
Step One: Pick out an illustration you could re-create in two or three solid shades. Think black, gray, white (or brownie, powdered sugar, more powdered sugar). Don’t steal illustrations! It will be more fun if you use your own. […]

what’s better than a kidney pie?

A kidney cake! This yummy confetti cake shaped like a kidney AND ureter was made for me for my birthday this August by the lovely and talented Erin. Thank you!