Materials in Medicine
These illustrations were created for display at the grand opening of the new Museum of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences when it opened in 2004. A theme of materials was chosen as a symposium to open the museum, and featured these medical materials as well as other materials with very particular properties, such as aerogel and automotive ceramics. These illustrations were then re-purposed for semi-permanent display in our department.
Published on:
2011
Design, Illustration, Photo Illustration
- Materials in Medicine
Illustration for Museum Display - These illustrations were created for display at the grand opening of the new Museum of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences when it opened in 2004. A theme of materials was chosen as a symposium to open the museum. The symposium featured these medical materials as well as other materials with very particular properties, such as aerogel and automotive ceramics. These illustrations were then re-purposed for semi-permanent display in our department.
This illustration was created to show placement of the Penn State LionHeart LVAS once adapted to a patient. The Penn State LionHeart LVAS was a joint development between materials scientists at Penn State, doctors, and researchers at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center College of Medicine, Hershey, PA; and Arrow International, Inc, Reading PA.
This photograph shows the Penn State LionHeart LVAS on display in the new Museum of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences when it opened in 2004.
The artificial hip joint illustrated above was donated to our department by Stryker Corporation, manufacturer of medical devices. The artificial joint was rendered in a photographic technique for it's flexibility and scalability for printing these displays. Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and an old Adobe 3D rendering program called Dimensions were used to created the illustration of the artificial joint. Illustrator was used to illustrate the hipbone.
The Stryker artificial hip joint on display at the new Museum of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences when it opened in 2004.
This titanium dental implant was donated to our department by Nobel Biocare, a world leader in innovative restorative and esthetic dental solutions. The dental implant was rendered photographically for it's scalability, so the viewer could see details that are difficult to see in such a small product.
This thing looks like it would hurt going in, so I imagine it was much lass painful to illustrate! Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop were used to created the illustration of the dental implant. Illustrator was used to illustrate the teeth and gums. For reference, I brought in my molars that I had pulled when I was 14-years old. Yes...I've had them for 28 years.
The Nobel Biocare Titanium Dental Implant on display at the new Museum of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences when it opened in 2004.
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While creating an illustration two years ago, a graduate student told me, "You understand this better than most grad students!". My reply, "I have to...I do this for a living." That graduate student's advisor asked me to create an illustration for inclusion in a journal. When I asked for some direction, he sent me the graduate student. To illustrate difficult scientific concepts, one must have a near intimate understanding of the concept in order to correctly illustrate it. This has become one of my favorite parts of my job, because I am constantly learning something new.Drawing, Illustration, Multimedia2011 -
These drawings were created for a materials science textbook. The author wanted original drawings for the book, so I was asked to create the drawings. Each drawing is approximately 24"x30", rendered in graphite, and required from 15 to 35 hours each.Drawing, Illustration2011 -
One of my art school professors has vehemently stated, "If you can't draw with your hands, you can't draw with a computer." Throughout my creative career, truer words haven't been spoken. These sketches of prominent scientists were created for biographies for an online course. Pulling images from the Internet to display in an original online project was not an option, so I used the images as reference to draw my own portraits. Over fifty of these sketches were created, so they had to be quick, taking from two minutes to five minutes each.Drawing, Illustration, Multimedia2011
