Medical text illustration: spondylolisthesis

Isthmic Spondylolisthesis

Media:
Pencil, Watercolour, Adobe Illustrator
Target Audience:
First year medical or pre-medical students
Format:
Print
Supervisor:
Prof. Dave Mazierski, Biomedical Communications, University of Toronto
Purpose:
To design a textbook page suitable for reproduction in a medical textbook illustrating the skeletal injury isthmic spondylolisthesis

PROCESS

Preliminary pencil studies of the lumbar region in pencil. Based on these sketches of the lumbar region of the spine I created an original black and white continuous tone illustration using the watercolour wash technique.
I also wanted to illustrate typical repetitive movements that commonly predispose individuals to development of spondylolisthesis.
sketches of football players in a tackle and a young gymnast preparing for a handstand

LUMBAR SPINE STUDIES

sketches of the lumbar region of the spine with a pars fracture at L5
References:

Gray, H., and Williams, P. L. (1989). Gray’s anatomy (37th ed.). Edinburgh: C. Livingstone.