maya’s blog

Do you need new photoshop CS4 shortcuts? Perhaps Adobe stole your “R” and gave it to Rotate? Here is how you take back control!
Photoshop > Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts
Here is access to pretty much everything! If you need to change a shortcut for one of your tools, click on the […]

I haven’t written much about medical illustration lately, so I thought I would just check in.  I have been very busy at work.  Mostly with very good stuff - interesting projects - but just a lot.  Without giving away any proprietary information, here are some of the things I am working on:

A super-exciting LEGO® anatomical specimen exhibit is in full planning mode.  NSF funding?  Other grants?  Participants are Dave, Clint, Maya.  Ovarian cross section, heart, kidney, blood vessel, etc. in the works.  YAY!

Thanks to all the fathers out there, especially my Papa.  Thank you for encouraging me.  Thank you for your support even when I wasn’t interested in normal career paths.  Thank you for respecting me as an artist and a quirky drawer-of-body-parts!  Thanks for letting me eat raw spaghetti and marshmallows when Mom wasn’t looking.

I thought I would reminisce tonight and share some work from my last job in Newton, Mass.  While at Argosy, I worked on these pieces for two “coffee-table” anatomy books.  I had a good experience there and remember it fondly!  I will miss the soft-tissue renderings, although I am excited to do the more bony […]

In February I moved back to Texas with Clint (and of course Ed the cat).   We are now in McKinney, which is a bit north of Dallas, and I work as a medical illustrator at Orthofix.   I’m in the marketing/communications department doing illustrations and animations.  It’s my first time in marketing and my first time with […]

I’m thinking about making some anatomical jewelry after the holidays, beginning with simple pendants. So I will be needing some new original images! The trick will be making them simple enough to be good-looking at a very small size. Here are some drawings I’m considering from the past couple of days… […]

I write from a new part of the country with a newish job and a new fiance! Here’s what’s going on: In Jan 08 Clint and I moved to Newton Upper Falls, MA and I started working as a full-time medical illustrator for Argosy Publishing. I have really been enjoying my time […]

Use this LEGO® cross-section to study the kidney!

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.