Cloth studies

I thought these might be good warm-ups for some traditional surgical illustrations I am working on. The piles of cloth folds and layers of anatomical tissues present a similar challenge–a visual path of details to navigate with a cautious eye.

Skull base with 123Dcatch

Here is my first try using Autodesk's 123Dcatch app, which builds a 3D mesh out of a series of photos. Pretty amazing, there is huge potential here, and I can't wait to start using this app for work!

Dorysthenes Walkeri

I attended an Insect Drawing Workshop at a place called Nook today, taught by Kathryn Chorney, a professor at Sheridan. It was a very pleasant way to spend a Sunday afternoon!

I went for a beetle, Dorysthenes Walkeri.

Theatrical transformations teaching transection techniques

Long pose after a long hiatus

Ferociously fine-tuning finicky features

Another batch of screenshots from TVASurg production.

I try to think about composition for shots and sequences as I model. 

I find accurate depictions of anatomical relationships are 

even more important when you are working with 3D camera movement.

Monday morning modeling

A few screenshots of early-stage modelling of liver vasculature for TVASurg videos. Initial reconstructions are output from Myrian imaging software, http://intrasense.fr 

in .obj format and retopologized in Cinema4D for use in animation.

New video on TVASurg.ca

Lots of work finally getting wrapped up lately. A new video has been uploaded to the Toronto Video Atlas of Surgery: Extended left hepatectomy with in situ cold perfusion.

A frame from the intro of this video was submitted as a cover illustration for the Biomedical Communications Alumni Association Spring 2013 newsletter.

Here are a few examples of storyboards from a video we did for a presentation at the University of Western Ontario. The case was a Segment 6/7 Donor transplant procedure. The final video will be uploaded to the site in a few weeks:

 

 

Long pose at Project Art

This was from the second two hours of the night. For the first hour I just did some studies.

Life (drawing) after TSA...

I am very grateful to be a part of Toronto's figure drawing community, which is more prolific than I realized. A comprehensive list compiled by another blogger and life drawing enthusiast, Heather Leach, puts this in perspective. Many thanks to the hard-working artists keeping the life drawing scene in Toronto alive and well.

Here are a few examples from sketches done recently at Artist25 near Dundas and Lansdowne:

 

 

 

And here are a few recent sketches from former TSA instructor Mark Hazen's figure drawing sessions:

 

 

 

 

First Liver Surgery Video

Forgot to post this earlier. My first contribution to the Toronto Video Atlas of Liver, Pancreas and Transplant Surgery is finally uploaded! The procedure is a segment VI/VII resection (warning, lots of blood): http://pie.med.utoronto.ca/TVASurg/TVASurg_content/surg/PL_segment67resection.html

VIC illustrations

Recently did some illustrations for Virtual Interactive Case modules: http://pie.med.utoronto.ca/VIC/index.htm