Laminectomy Sequential

Initial sketches for surgical illustration sequence, an L4-L5 Laminectomy. A laminectomy is the removal of the posterior arch of bone of a vertebra or vertebrae in order to relieve pressure on the underlying spinal cord and/or spinal nerves. It is a common surgical procedure for the treatment of severe spinal stenosis and is often an integral part of more advanced spinal procedures. These sketches are probably still rife with errors, but better to work those mistakes out now on paper than inside the 3D applications I will be using for the final images.

Operating Room sketches

Here are some of my sketches from observing live surgeries this semester.
Cerebellar tumor removal:
Intradural tumor removal:
L4-5 Spinal fusion and laminectomy for spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis thesis:

L4-5 laminectomy for spinal stenosis:


Pterional craniotomy for internal carotid aneurysm:

Quick portrait

For storyboarding...

The Gents

What follows are a series of figure drawings focusing on the male form. I will start with work done in a figure drawing course at the Palette & Chisel Academy of Art in Chicago under Max Ranft (http://www.maxranft.com/). As you can see, he placed a very strong emphasis on solid understanding of form and proportions, and has had a discernible influence on my figure drawing style. He would never let me move on to rendering a figure, instead, he had me re-start the same pose after each break. A great way to master measuring and proportions.








This series concludes with some more recent work done at the Toronto School of Art over the course of the past few months (whenever I can actually squeeze in the time to get over there!)

Lady drawings...

What follows are a series of studies from a sketchbook in undergrad. For no particular reason, this sketchbook was mostly female figure models, which I have always found more difficult to draw than male models. Here are some highlights of my arduous study of the female form.









yes, it's true, I have attempted anime at one point in time...
and it looks like it seeped its way into this portrait study...those eyes are huge!