Title: Reanimating the Hesperornithiformes
Medium: Zbrush, Photoshop, Maya 2015 and After Effects CC
Description:
Master thesis animation for the Biomedical Communication program. The project focuses on detailing the key hindlimb muscles that are involved during Hesperornithiformes' foot propelled swim.
Project Credits:
Project supervisor: David Mazierski
Content expert: Dr. Sanja Frlog
Committee member: Nicholas Woolridge
Animation/visual production: Chi-Chun Liu
Narrator: Yuri Lowenthal
Audio production: Jonathan Vd Wijngaarden
Title: Hesperornithiformes Skeleton Medium: ZBrush, Autodesk Maya, Photoshop Description: A Hesperornithiforme skeleton sculpted completely from scratch in ZBrush. The model was created for the master thesis animation. Originally, the project team thought 3D scans of Hesperornhithiformes skeleton will be available. However, the team quickly realized the scan data was insufficient, and the decision was made to create a skeleton based on the display at Royal Ontario Museum. The skeleton model was then textured with a mix of handpainted texture and phototextures. Finally, the model was rendered in Mental Ray and postprocessed in Photoshop.
Title: Ecorche Study Medium: Autodesk Maya, ZBrush, Adobe Photoshop Description: An ecorche sculpted in ZBrush. The model was imported to Maya and rendered in Mental Ray. Afterward, Photoshop was used for post processing.
Title: Magnification of Capillary Endothelial Cells Medium: Maya 2015 and After Effects CC Description: A learning project to familiarize with Maya and After Effects animation production workflow. The project focuses on creating smooth transition between three drastically different scenes using After Effects.
Title: Listeria Monocytogenes-Induced Meningitis Medium: Adobe Photoshop, Clip Paint Studios, Adobe Illustrator Description: A print media format illustration that describes Listeria monocytogenes' infection mechanism and how the infection will result in meningitis. The composition is designed to orient the audiences' visual flow so the events that lead to meningitis can be easily understood.
Title: Medical Legal Illustration: The Case of Jessie Jack Medium: Adobe Photoshop, Clip Paint Studio, Adobe Illustrator Description: A collaborative project with Qingyang Chen. The project describes a fictional medical lawsuit case where the plantiff, Jessie Jack, injured his left femur and left elbow in a sandboarding accident. The illustrations are designed to assist the audience to understand the X-ray images, the operation reports, and the anticipated future outcome. Since the illustrations are meant to be shown in a courtroom, key visual elements are heavily accentuated to ensure the project is readable from a distance.
Title: Emergency Preparedness Illustration Medium: Adobe Photoshop, Paint Tool Sai, Adobe Illustrator Description: Illustrations to instruct the proper use of N95 masks
Title: Temporalis Muscle Flap Procedure Medium: Photoshop and Paint Tool Sai Description: A rendered page from the temporalis muscle flap procedure illustration. For the complete unrendered illustrations of the procedure, please click here. Special thanks to Dr. Oleh Antonyshyn and Dr. Tara Stewart for providing the observation opportunity and technical expertise.
Title: Key Structures Surrounding the Cerebral Ventricles Medium: Photoshop Description: Students often have the misconception that ventricles exist as independent, pouch-like structure such as the stomach. However, in contrary, the ventricles' shape is dictated by the key structures that surround them. This piece is a mock textbook illustration designed to address this misconception.
Title: Heart Medium: Carbon dust Description: A carbon dust drawing of a heart based on the specimen in Grant's Museum.
Title: Duality of the Natural Killer T-Cells Medium: Illustrator Description: This illustration is designed to show that natural Killer T cells have characteristics from both natural killer cells and T-cells. NKT cell is similar to T-cell in the sense that it expresses TCR, FasL, and CD4 for receptors. Furthermore, it also secretes cytokines, chemokines, granzyme and perforin. At the same time, NKT cell is similar to natural killer cell since it expresses FasL, NK1.1 and Ly49 as receptors. Like the natural killer cell, it also secrete granzyme and perforin.
Title: Pen and Ink Pelvis Medium: Pen and ink Description: A pen and ink drawing of the bones in the sacropelvic region.
Title: Intramedullary Nailing for Tibial Fractures Medium: Carbon dust, pen and ink Description: Textbook illustration that shows a potential injury mechanism that can break the tibia, and the surgical repair technique that can be used to restore the anatomy of the broken tibia.