http://www.mayachaphalkar.com/blog confessions of a medical illustrator Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:54:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We have some new dates for September:  the 11th, 18th, and 25th.  Added a younger class too, we now start with 6 year olds!  Hoping for some good turnout and I know it will be a ton of fun. See the schedule here http://www.mayachaphalkar.com/blog/2010/08/september-art-lessons/ Last weekend, we had a booth at Legends Night Out, our neighborhood association summer get-together.  Being new to the area, it was our first time and I was a bit surprised at the turnout!  My mission was to get the word out about art lessons and meet some neighbors.  Success!  ... http://www.mayachaphalkar.com/blog/2010/08/night-out/ We own a medical illustration business... Clint is coming on board to help me take care of everything, and after much debate, we are renaming it "Shoemaker Medical."   Shoemaker for Clint and/or Maya Shoemaker.  Medical for medical illustration and animation.  It is professional and to the point.  Clint and ... http://www.mayachaphalkar.com/blog/2010/07/name-name-name/ I am going to teach some art again this summer!  I've missed it since I closed down my art store, where we did classes, workshops, private lessons and general mess-making.  Time to open up my home and try it out again. Come one, come all!  And please let me know ... http://www.mayachaphalkar.com/blog/2010/06/art-lessons/ blood cells sketch - think I'm going to make some cell biology jewelry. http://www.mayachaphalkar.com/blog/2010/05/drawing-blood/ I've been gardening!  This year I have all new beds since we're at a new house with a new-to-us yard.  We're planting using crazy hippie "organic methods," but it doesn't seem so out of the ordinary to me.  Clint and I want to rename it "normal gardening."In the [far] past ... http://www.mayachaphalkar.com/blog/2010/04/yay-its-warm-out/ 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 ... http://www.mayachaphalkar.com/blog/2010/01/photoshop-cs4-shortcuts/ 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 ... http://www.mayachaphalkar.com/blog/2010/01/work/ Last night we slept in our new house for the first time! We moved during the day with the help of my friend and co-worker Allison, and the big things are all in their places. The kitchen was the hub of the move and is now full of ... http://www.mayachaphalkar.com/blog/2009/12/house/ 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! http://www.mayachaphalkar.com/blog/2009/12/short-post/