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Inferior view of the skull

Carbon dust, Adobe Illustrator CS6

Medical and anatomy students

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Prof. D. Mazierski

The purpose of this project was to develop techniques in carbon dust, a medium that has been used throughout medical illustration historically, and to convey form and texture of an anatomical specimen through tone. 

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Process Work

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I first did a rough sketch from an actual skull and refined it to a clean line version that was ready for transfer.

This final sketch was transferred onto crescent board for carbon dusting. I used many references from anatomy atlases as well as the skull to try to ensure my illustration was as tonally rendered as anatomically correct and realistic as possible.

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References

Agur, A. M., Lee, M. J., & Grant, J. C. (1999). Grant's atlas of anatomy (10th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Gray, H., & Williams, P. L. (1989). Gray's anatomy (37th ed.). Edinburgh: C. Livingstone.
Netter, F. H., & Jones, H. R. (2013). The Netter collection of medical illustrations(2nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Saunders/Elsevier.
Schünke, M., Schulte, E., & Schumacher, U. (2007). Thieme atlas of anatomy. Stuttgart: Thieme.