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Anatomy and lesions of the visual pathways

Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator CS6

Medical and neuroanatomy students

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Prof. L. Wilson-Pauwels, TA Andrea Gauthier, Content expert: Dr. M. Wiley

This purpose of this textbook illustration is to explain the anatomy of the visual pathway from the retina to the primary visual cortex and the accompany effects on the visual field when lesions occur in the pathway. The technical goals of this project included rendering skills, layout, and following the workflow and requirements of textbook publications.

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Process Work

My first sketches included some basic color to separate the visual fields and tracts. At this stage, I had many illustrations and wanted to approach this topic in multiple ways. However, there was too much visual information and they didn't work coherently with each other, so I pared it down and chose the best way to focus on conveying the information I wanted. 

I wanted to approach the visual pathways using a brain slice for both the pathway and lesions, and tried to work on a layout that fit into one page. As I progressed and rendered my sketch out more, I realized that the images were too small. Therefore, for my final version, I arranged it into a two-page textbook layout using the specifications given. 

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References

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