Porta anatomy from memory

Something along those lines...

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!

Theatrical transformations teaching transection techniques

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.

3/4 Skull

Here is a skull I did over the weekend, drawn from a photograph. I think it is pretty sweet. For the pencil drawings I do these days, I start with a 4H lead in a drafting mechanical pencil to get the general geometric shape and proportions, then I really try to hone in on the contours with an H lead and do a little rendering too. Once I have some quick hatching to get the direction I want my contours to go in, I use an HB mechanical pencil to add some character to the outlines and render the darker shadows. Finally, I take a trusty old 2B wood pencil and fill in the darkest spots. I could go even darker, say 4B all the way to 8B, but I usually try to be conservative with anything softer than H, because at that point you start to get progressively more smudging. Just my current tastes...

Studies

As a student in the Biomedical Communications program at the University of Toronto, I am now part of a great lineage of artists. Here are some sketches from a former U of T medical artist (from back when the program was called Art as Applied to Medicine) Louise Gordon, who has published several fantastic books on anatomy for artists.