From the Co-Editors In This Issue - Association of Medical Illustrators

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Vol. 50, Issue 1, Winter 2009
Above: Illustration by Dave C. Killpack, Illumination Studios, Fitzroy River Turtle. This illustration
was done in ZBrush and Adobe Photoshop. See article in ZBrush, page 6.
From the Co-Editors
We’d like to begin our New Year by
thanking you all for the fantastic
responses and feedback we received on
our first issue of the newsletter as a team.
As a result we’ve been able to add some
new voices and committee members to
the newsletter just as we were hoping. We
will continue to make additions and
adjustments based on your feedback, so
please don’t hesitate to get in touch with
us: let us know what you'd like to read, or
write. Our goal is to serve as a platform to
voice your ideas in our organization.
This issue is entirely digital, being that of
our 4 issues per year, 2 are printed. If you
would prefer to see more printed
newsletters please tell us. To those of you
who received your fall newsletter very late
or not at all, we offer our apologies. We
were trying out the services of a new
printer and we are currently looking into
a more reliable one.
Our organization has gone through many
changes for 2009 including our beautiful
new website and the Online Member
Community. We’d like to acknowledge the
members of the Website Committee for
all their hard work on this enormous
endeavor. The public face of our new site
displays selected articles from this
continued on p.
In This Issue:
Feature Columns:
From Your Board. . . . . . 5
Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Winning Ways. . . . . . . . . 7
Book Review. . . . . . . . . 15
Recent Graduate
Perspectives . . . . . . . . . 16
View From the
Crow’s Nest . . . . . . . . . . 19
On Stage. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
and much more...
From the Co-Editors, continued from p.1
newsletter. Members who login may view
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Co-Editors
Zina Deretsky and Lydia Gregg
zina.lydia.newsletter@gmail.com
Graphic Design
Alan Lapp
Leslie Leonard
Advertising
Annie Gough
Editorial Review Board
Anne Erickson
Margot Mackay
John Harvey
Contributors and Feature Editors
Anne Altemus
Marie Dauenheimer
Zina Deretsky
John Dorn
Patricia Gast
Lydia Gregg
Wendy Hiller Gee
Michael Konomos
Mark Lefkowitz
Cassio Lynm
David Rini
Andrew Swift
Edith Tagrin
We sincerely hope that you enjoy this
issue; you may notice that we’ve added
an additional column called “Museum
Crawl.” Leslie Leonard deserves a huge
applause for laying out this issue, as does
Alan Lapp, (Zina’s honey) who helped
immensely with our graphic design in the
first issue.
Wishing you the best for the New Year
and all its welcome changes,
Zina Deretsky and Lydia Gregg
Co-Editors
Non-Sequitor
Museum Crawl: A Visit to the Boerhaave
Leiden, The Netherlands
by Lydia Gregg, photography by Fabian de Kok-Mercado
If you find yourself in Amsterdam with
some time to spare, I would highly
recommend a trip to the Museum
Boerhaave (bur'hah-ve). It is no sacrifice to
dedicate a day to this wonderful science
museum located in the city of Leiden, only
about half an hour by train from the central
station in Amsterdam. Once at Leiden
central station, it’s about a 10 minute walk
through the city crossing canals and
passing impressive architecture including a
large windmill on the way to the Museum.
The Association of Medical Illustrators
assumes no responsibility for statements
reflecting the opinions submitted by
individual members published in the AMI
News. The AMI News (ISSN # P-179)
serves as a forum for the thoughts of its
members as well as a vehicle for reporting
news events and the proceedings of the
Association’s committees.
Letters Policy
Letters printed in the AMI News do not
necessarily reflect the editorial position of
the AMI News or the opinion of the
Association of Medical Illustrators. Letters
should be sent via e-mail to the editor, must
be exclusive to the AMI News and must
include the writer’s full name, address and
daytime telephone number. The editorial
review board of the AMI News reserves the
right to condense letters.
Teratos
Greek for monster, as in, "Inflatable Bag
Monster."
Executive Director
Vanessa Reilly
Postmaster, send address changes to:
Association of Medical Illustrators
Allen Press, Inc. Association Management
810 East 10th
Lawrence, KS 66044
Zina and Lydia, soothing a voracious hankering for
cholla cactus just outside Santa Fe, NM
Fig. 1. Microscope preparations by Abraham
Ypelaar
This national collection is completely
dedicated to the history of science and
medicine in The Netherlands. It focuses
primarily on physics, medicine and
astronomy, hosting an exhaustive collection
of scientific instruments, models, personal
continued on p.4
Newsletter Submission Guidelines
If you are interested in submitting material
or would like to speak with us and ask
questions; please contact us with your ideas
at: Zina.Lydia.Newsletter@gmail.com.
We’re looking for a half page to a full
page or about 750 words per article on
topics of your choice. Accompanying
image files must be 350 dpi, no smaller
than 2.5" x 2.5".
Dates: Submissions for the Spring Issue
due on Mon. March 2, 2009.
Submissions for the Summer Election
Issue due Mon. April 27, 2009.
Like to doodle or cartoon? We’d love to
include these and other small sketches in
our newsletter. Please send your images
to the address above if you’re interested
in having them published. Images must
be 350 dpi for color or tone and 1200 dpi
for B/W line, no smaller than 2.5" x 2.5".
We look forward to hearing from you!
AMI News, Winter 2009
Government
From the President
by Mark Lefkowitz, President
In last month’s issue of the newsletter,
Chris Gralapp, BOG Parlimentarian,
removed the shroud of mystery
surrounding the function and general
activities of the AMI Board of Governors.
Tim Phelps, Chair of the Nominating
Committee, brought to light how the AMI
President is selected, and the reasons
behind the decision to have only one
candidate offered for election. This seems
like the perfect opportunity to flesh out
the duties and activities of the AMI
President – a position requiring a threeyear commitment.
coordinates the creation of these posters
with other AMI members.
I also serve as Chair of the AMI Mentor
Program, although this is not a prescribed
duty of the AMI President. This program,
which is housed within the Membership
Committee, was created as a way to
connect new members with seasoned
members, to make them feel welcomed in
the AMI, to provide them with
networking opportunities, and foster their
active involvement on various committees.
The AMI Bylaws describes the three-part
position as follows:
The President must be a Professional
member elected by the Professional
membership for a period of one (1) year
by a majority of votes cast.
The President shall preside at the
meetings of the Association and serve the
membership as advocate and
representative to the Board. The President
shall have the powers and duties usually
appertaining to such office with the
exception of those assigned by these
Bylaws to the Board of Governors. The
President automatically becomes a
member of the Board of Governors and
the Executive Committee. At the Annual
Meeting concluding his/her term, the
President shall deliver an address to the
membership.
The President-Elect must be a
Professional member elected by the
Professional membership for a period of
one year by a majority of votes cast. The
President-Elect shall automatically
assume the office of President of the
Association in the succeeding year. The
President-Elect, in the absence or
disability of the President, shall act in the
place of the President and assist in the
performance of the President's duties. The
President-Elect is an ex officio voting
member of the Board of Governors.
The Immediate Past President shall be a
voting member of the Board of Governors
and shall have the responsibility of acting
AMI 2008 President, Mark Lefkowitz
as senior advisor to the Board and the
Association.
Currently, I am serving as the AMI
President, Betsy Palay is the AMI
President-Elect, and Mike Belknap is the
Immediate Past President.
As President, I serve on the
Communications Editorial Council and
the Meeting Planning Council as well as
the Executive Committee and the Board of
Governors. Other AMI committees, the
Artist’s Rights Committee among them,
will include the President and ask for input
during those times when the AMI serves
as the face and voice of the membership.
Additionally, I serve on those committees
that are involved in the selection of the
recipients of the AMI Literary Award, the
Lifetime Achievement Award and the
Brödel Award for Excellence in Education.
In 2007, the AMI created and developed a
means of recognizing AMI members who
had passed away during the preceding
year by showcasing their professional life
and work in poster presentations at the
Annual Meeting. The President
In all of these activities, representing and
meeting the needs of the entire AMI
membership is the President’s primary
concern. Whether voices are raised in
response to issues presented on the AMI
listserv, or in emails or phone calls to me
or others in AMI leadership positions, it is
my responsibility to respond directly to
our members, and if necessary, confer
with members of the Executive
Committee or Board of Governors. As the
public face of the AMI, the President also
responds to individuals wishing to learn
more about our association or our
profession that cannot be fielded by our
Executive Director.
After I became President-elect, it became
clear to me that the activities of the AMI
President exceed what is described in the
bylaws. My involvement on these various
committees allows me to connect with
volunteers who are committed to making
sure that the AMI is running as smoothly
and efficiently as possible and is meeting
the needs of all AMI members. The
feelings of collegiality and shared mission
among the many volunteers in our
association are tremendous, and I’m
continually amazed by the skill sets that
we all possess – beyond what is necessary
to succeed in our profession. It’s
particularly gratifying to see our new
professional members getting involved in
all aspects of the AMI – contributing new
energy and diverse perspectives to our
organization.
Fig. 2. Early anesthesia mask
Museum Crawl…continued from p.1
collections and illustrations from almost
every discipline. Viewing the collection
feels a bit like to walking through an
enormous, yet intimate, cabinet of
curiosities.
Fig. 3. Prosthetic eyes
Fig. 4. Painted models of various retinal
pathologies
The exhibit rooms
are numbered 1-23
beginning with a
beautiful
reconstruction of a
traditional
anatomical theatre
decorated with
various skeletal
specimens. Each
room addresses a
single subject
displayed in
chronological order.
The 23 rooms
traverse 5 centuries
of history from
early botanical
illustrations to 20th
century med-tech
Fig. 5. Female sex organs with embryo models by Dr. Auzoux in papier-maché
breakthroughs. This
this collection are several smaller exhibits
set-up provides a
uniquely poignant perspective on each topic of finely crafted wax anatomical models
produced by various Dutch sculptors. Those
as they progress in complexity and change
of us who have attempted wax sculpture
in nature due to public interest. The
will be thoroughly impressed by the details
extensive microscope collection runs from
achieved in the arbor vitae of a wax
the first humble lens to beautifully crafted
and decorated microscopes designed for the cerebellum on display.
18th century bourgeois. These scopes
The museum was named after Dr. Herman
transition into more complex designs
Boerhaave (1668-1738), a famous Dutch
reaching all the way to the first primitive
physician, botanist and professor at the
prototype of the electron microscope (Fig.
University of Leiden who is considered to
8).
be the founder of many modern clinical
One of the most memorable collections was ideas concerning symptoms and diagnoses
created by Abraham Ypelaar, an amateur
microscopist, who worked as a diamond
merchant and setter. In his spare time he
prepared hundreds of meticulously
composed microscope sets filled with
various substances and objects including
seeds, minerals, shells and feathers. He
would tailor these collections to the buyer’s
budgets, filling them with up to 1,500
elegantly arranged samples from his
collection. The museum houses many of
these small, ingenious sets. (See Fig. 1).
The highlight of the museum is almost
certainly an exhibit of the French Dr. Louis
Thomas Jerôme Auzoux’s papier-maché
anatomical models. He painstakingly
created large-scale anatomical models of
various creatures including a leech, moth,
bumble-bees, full human figures and fish.
(Figs. 5,6,7). His company in Paris
produced and sold these models for
teaching anatomy. There are also smaller
sets on display depicting the development
of the human embryo and the nervous
system of many invertebrates. Preceding
Fig. 6. Leech anatomical model by Dr. Auzoux in
papier-maché
I must say, the
website doesn’t
really do the
collection justice at
first glance.
After the
quintessential visits
to the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh
Museum, and the
other must-sees of
Amsterdam, a visit
to Leiden for the
Museum Boerhaave
alone is completely
worthwhile. I
Fig. 7. Snail anatomical model by Dr. Auzoux in papier-maché
believe it would
of lesions. The building was originally a
leave any medical
convent in central Leiden and is ideally
illustrator (with a romantic view of the
suited to house the collection with an
sciences, like myself) feeling inspired and
inviting atmosphere and a renovated atrium rejuvenated.
with a coffee shop. For more information
Museum Boerhaave
the website can be found at: http://www.
Lange St. Agnietenstraat 10
museumboerhaave.nl/intro.html. Although,
2312 WC Leiden
Fig. 8. The first prototype of the electron
microscope
From Your Board
by Wendy Hiller Gee, Chair of the Board of Governors
What's your Board up to?
This part is always fun...
That’s the thesis for this ongoing feature
of the AMI News – the Board of
Governors wants to give you an idea of
what we’ve been working on recently.
The process for accepting new
Professional members is one of the
happiest duties of the Board, and we had
the pleasure of voting some new
colleagues in during the past couple of
months. The Membership Committee
sends a list of new inductees a couple of
times a year. These members are
formally ‘introduced’ at the annual
meeting.
Website - Wow!
As you might imagine, the Board has
been taking part in the whirlwind of
website development. One of the Board’s
responsibilities is to oversee the financial
management of our association, so as the
new website incurs costs that are not in
our management contract, the Board must
approve the expense. For example, the
Board recently approved web hosting and
community portal expenses – and with a
lot of enthusiasm for what these new
services will mean for the AMI! The
Board also approved a basic design
structure for the home page and a typical
page, which allowed our website
developers to start loading content and
actually building the site. (This is a great
time to acknowledge the excellent job the
Communications Editorial Council is
doing in coordinating and collecting
massive amounts of content to hand off to
the developers).
And what about the Executive
Committee?
(A quick refresher: the EC consists of the
President, President-Elect, Immediate
Past President, Treasurer, Secretary,
Chair of the Board, and Vice-Chair of
the Board. Also present during EC
meetings are the Executive Director and
the Parliamentarian – the Meeting
Planning Chair is also usually there too).
As you may know, the Executive
Committee has a monthly teleconference,
and discusses the state of the association’s
finances and annual meeting along with
whatever other issues it needs to address.
The agendas for the past few months have
included discussions about an upcoming
contract extension with our management
company, and changes we need to make
in our tax reporting. And, of course, the
EC is discussing and closely monitoring
the GAG lawsuit.
How do you guys meet and vote?
The Board conducts votes by email,
which has become a fairly streamlined
process. The process works well for
issues that we don’t anticipate will need a
lot of discussion (such as approving new
members). The Executive Committee has
its monthly discussion by telephone, and
has been looking into using Skype or
other telephony options as a cost-saving
measure. Technical issues keep cropping
up, but we’re hopeful that we can find a
way to do this so we can find more cost
savings for the AMI.
Anything else?
As always, the Board wants you to know
that you’re welcome to attend any Board
meeting as a guest (the only exception is
if the Board goes into closed session).
Board meetings are held in February, and
then again at the annual meeting. You are
certainly also encouraged to ask any
Board member for more information
about what the leadership of our
association is working on, or to bring
issues to the Board’s attention.
EZ Recipe for Quickly Illustrating the Human Figure
Michael Konomos
Ingredients:
1 .obj model
1 can of ZBrush 3.12
1 Wacom tablet
½ cup C4D (You can substitute Maya, SI,
Max, Blender, etc.)
5 over-ripe deadlines
Figure A
ZBrush 3.12 is a fantastic program that I
am beginning to utilize in my day-to-day
illustration work. This article assumes
that you’re a beginner but have at least
played around in ZBrush a bit. Recently, I
needed an illustration of a human figure
for a talk one of our doctors was giving.
Under the gun as usual, I knew I simply
didn’t have time for a proper figure
drawing. ZBrush to the rescue! I took a
simple .obj model that came with Cinema
4D, modified and posed it in ZBrush, and
brought it back into C4D to render. As
you get practice with this technique, you
can crank out a figure in about 30
minutes.
Step 2: Detailing the Model (See
Figure A)
Open ZBrush. Under the “Tool” menu,
select “Import”. Choose your .obj file.
Now click and drag your pen tool across
the screen. There are a couple settings
that you may need to adjust at this point:
Make sure “Rotate on all axes” is turned
on instead of just y. Under “Preferences”
> “tablet” > check “use tablet”. I know.
What were they thinking? (Trust me,
ZBrush is worth its little inconveniences).
Now make it editable by pressing “Edit”.
Make sure you don’t press that button
again or you will regret it. You can
subdivide the mesh several times to add
more detail (Under Tools > Geometry >
Divide), and then lower subdivisions
again in the same dialogue. Now select
Transform > Activate Symmetry. Note
which axis it is set on and adjust as
needed. You can also paint your figure in
ZBrush, using Polypaint. As you get
more advanced, there are even ways to
create hair and clothing as separate
Subtools, but we’ll skip that for now. And
now, just pick your brush and start going
to town. You can change the facial
features, make the model fatter, taller,
whatever you need.
Step 4: Exporting the Model
You are ready to export your model.
Lower the geometry to the lowest setting
if you plan on using NURBs to smooth it
in your 3D program. Otherwise, leave as
is and click Tools > Export. Export an .
obj file. If you want to export
displacement maps and normal maps, you
can do this under their respective Tool
settings. This is a great way to preserve
the details of your model without creating
too many polygons.
Step 5: Render (See Figure D)
Bring your completed model into C4D.
Render as you see fit.
Step 1: Getting a Model into ZBrush
You can make a model in ZBrush using
ZSpheres, but for speed we’ll just alter an
existing model. There is a great opensource resource called MakeHuman that
allows you to easily create characters of
varying ages and features (http://www.
makehuman.org/blog/index.php).
Alternatively, your 3D program (I use
Cinema 4D) probably comes with human
models. Grab one of these and make sure
it is a .obj file (export as wavefront). If
you plan on painting the model in Zbrush
(it has very nice painting tools), be sure
to UV map it first.
masked out
minus the
arms. Control
click on the
masked area
to blur the
mask as
much as is
needed. Now
click and
drag the
circles from
the shoulder
to the hand.
This creates
Figure C
an axis of
rotation. Now click and drag only the
circle over the hand and watch what
happens. Use this same strategy to mask
and move various parts of the body.
Figure B
Step 3: Posing the Model (See Figures
B and C)
ZBrush allows for easy posing. Let’s say
you want to move the arms down. First
you have to mask out everything else.
Select “Rotate (R), hold down Control +
drag from around the collar bone to
midway through the shoulder. The result
you are going for is the whole body
Obviously, the more realistic the figure,
the longer the whole process will take.
The great thing is that once you are
through, you have a model that you can
reuse, re-pose, or even animate in the
future.
ZBrush is
full of so
many
possibilities.
Best of all, it
allows you to
use 3D and
still feel like
an artist,
which is
worth the
price of
admission.
Figure D
Winning Ways
Salon Winners from Indianapolis 2008
by Patricia Gast
Patricia Gast
Kudos to the award winners
from the 2008 Salon at Indy! I
invite you to enjoy perusing the
profiles of these artists and
their works in this first
installment of Winning Ways.
I hope you come away as I
have, inspired and appreciative
of their outstanding
illustrations. Look for more in
the next issue!
Professional Categories
Instructional Color
Will Shephard Award of Excellence
Scott Weldon, Left Carotid to Subclavian
Artery Bypass Before Open Descending
Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic
Aneurysm Repair Enables Safe Aortic
Clamping in Patients with Left Internal
Thoracic Artery Grafts
This poster is intended to be presented at
conferences and symposia by the clinical
faculty and to be displayed as part of an
educational poster series in the Division
of Cardiothoracic Surgery's office gallery
space. The illustration is intended to
supplement the text and data to elucidate
the complicated concept of an alternate
perfusion method relying on a previous
coronary artery
bypass utilizing
a left internal
thoracic artery
Andy Rekito, Treatment of Unstable Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures
graft, thereby
Will Shephard Award of Excellence
obviating the need for hypothermic
Andy Rekito, Treatment of Unstable
circulatory arrest.
Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures
Scott has been the
Scott A. Weldon
Scott A. Weldon, Left Carotid to Subclavian Artery Bypass Before Open
Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Enables
Safe Aortic Clamping in Patients with Left Internal Thoracic Artery Grafts
Supervisor of
Medical
Illustration in the
Division of
Cardiothoracic
Surgery in the
Michael E.
DeBakey
Department of
Surgery at Baylor
College of
Medicine in
Houston, TX since
late 2001. Beyond
his specialty in
cardiothoracic
surgical
illustration, he
works with a
freelance clientele
from diverse
disciplines on a
variety of subjects
and media.
Undergrad: Lamar
University,
Beaumont, Texas,
1995. Graduate
School: The
University of Texas
Southwestern, MA,
2002.
The illustrations depict a typical
thoracolumbar burst fracture and its
anatomical effects of spinal cord
compression and spinal column kyphosis.
The proposed surgical treatment using a
single-incision posterior approach is then
shown in the following steps:
decompressive laminectomy,
transpedicular balloon-assisted fracture
reduction, anterior column reconstruction
with calcium phosphate bone cement, and
short-segment posterior spinal
instrumentation.
Andy has spent his entire career working
as an academic medical illustrator in the
field of neuroscience, first for the
Department of Neurosurgery at the
Medical College of Georgia, as Adjunct
Assistant Professor
with joint
appointments in
Neurology and the
Medical
Illustration
Graduate Program,
and currently for
the Department of
Neurological
Surgery at the
Andy Rekito
continued on p.
dissection of the vagus
nerve, as well as provide a
visual step-by-step guide to
the delicate (and often
difficult) placement of a
stimulator lead on the
mobilized nerve. These
stimulators are used to
reduce the frequency and
severity of pharmacologically intractable partial
seizures in adults and
adolescents, as well as treat
other seizures in children.
Andy Rekito, Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Surgical Exposure and
Stimulator Implantation
Salon Winners…continued from p.
Oregon Health & Science University in
Portland, OR.
Undergrad: University of Georgia,
Athens, GA, BFA 1999. Graduate
School: Medical College of Georgia, MS
2002.
Instructional Tone
Max Brödel Award of Exellence
Andy Rekito, Vagus Nerve Stimulation:
Surgical Exposure and Stimulator
Implantation
The images serve to orient the viewer to
the relevant anatomy encountered when
performing a surgical exposure and
Instructional Line
Award of Merit
Tim Phelps, Carotid Endarterectomy and
Re-anastomosis
The artwork was created for Dr. James
Black of Johns Hopkins for publication,
depicting the following surgical
technique: A) Pertinent regional anatomy
is displayed highlighting the hypoglossal
nerve and carotid artery boundaries. B)
The carotid is clamped and divided, the
proximal vessel wall is everted and
plaque is dissected away and removed. C)
The distal vessel wall is everted and the
remaining plaque is removed. D) Anterior
and posterior sutures are placed. E) With
Tim Phelps, Carotid Endarterectomy and Re-anastomosis
See bio above.
90 degree medial rotation, the first half of
anastomosis is completed. F) With 90
degree lateral rotation, the last half is
closed, and re-anastomosis is completed.
Tim Phelps, MS, FAMI is an Associate
Professor, and Medical Illustrator, Johns
Hopkins University Art as Applied to
Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Tim is a Past
President and Past Chair of the Board of
the Association of Medical Illustrators.
He was Art Director and the primary
illustrator for the Johns Hopkins Family
Health Book
(1999). He is the
author of Up in
Flames: The Art
of Flame Painting
(2006).
Graduate School:
University of
Michigan, MS
1981.
Award of Merit
Tim Phelps
Kristen Larson,
Treatment Maneuvers for Benign
Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
These images illustrate Practice
Parameters of the American Academy of
Neurology for the treatment of BPPV, a
type of vertigo caused by abnormal
stimulation of the cupula within any of
the three semicircular canals. This occurs
when otoliths fall
from the vestibule
into the lumen of
the canals. These
figures are meant
to accompany
detailed text
descriptions of the
newly defined
standards of care
for the maneuvers
that transfer the
otoliths back to the
vestibule. The
images serve as an
immediate visual
reference for the
neurologist
performing the
procedures.
Kristen Larson, Treatment Maneuvers for Benign Paroxysmal
Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
Since June of
2006, Kristen has
worked as a
medical illustrator
for the Barrow
Kristen Larson
Neurological
Institute in
Phoenix, Arizona,
where she creates
images to
accompany journal
articles, textbooks
and presentations
for Barrow's
neurosurgeons and
neuroscience
researchers.
Undergrad: Iowa State University, 2004.
Graduate School: Medical College of
Georgia, MS 2006.
Marketing/Promotional
Award of Excellence
Keith Pavlik and Shannol Grant (Nucleus
Keith Pavlik began his career freelancing
in the Atlanta area. In 1997, he partnered
with former MCG classmate, Ron
Collins, to start Nucleus Medical Art.
The company's images are seen by
millions of people daily on thousands of
web sites, and on books, periodicals,
posters, and videos.
Undergrad: University of Georgia, 1986.
Georgia, 1990.
Shannol Grant attended The Art Institute
of Atlanta and holds degrees in Graphic
Design, Multi-Media and Web Design.
He works at Nucleus Medical Art, Inc. as
a Graphic Designer and served as the
lead designer for the marketing book
project.
Medical Legal
Award of Excellence
C. Knox Hubard, Jr., Head
Trauma
The piece was developed to
demonstrate facial injuries
resulting from a motor
vehicle collision. The
superficial injuries (scalp and
periorbital trauma) were
illustrated by incorporating
written descriptions of initial
observations noted in
hospital records into a
Keith Pavlik and Shannol Grant (Nucleus Medical Art), The
portrait-likeness of the
Nucleus Medical Art Marketing Book
Plaintiff, based on
Medical Art), The Nucleus Medical Art
photographs taken before and after the
Marketing Book
incident. Emphasis was placed on the
external injuries and portrait of the
The book was created as a promotional
Plaintiff in order to evoke empathy for
leave-behind for the Nucleus sales force.
The objective of the piece was three-fold: her. The significant internal injury
to clearly differentiate the Nucleus brand, (orbital wall fracture) was illustrated in
section based on a CT image (included as
provide a comprehensive overview of the
a film positive to help
wide range of Nucleus service offerings
substantiate the illustration).
and - using a novel design concept Scanned drawings were
influence the prospect to retain the piece
rendered in Adobe Photoshop
long-term to share with coworkers and
and compiled with type in
colleagues.
QuarkXpress. The final
output size of the panel was
30" x 40" for easel display in
litigation.
C. Knox Hubard, Head Trauma
Undergrad: College
of William and
Mary, BS 1996.
Graduate School:
Medical College of
Georgia, MS 2000.
Award of Merit
Matt Whitford,
Anterior
Compartment
Muscle Loss Due
to Necrosis
C. Knox Hubard, Jr.
This is one of several exhibits developed
for a medical malpractice case involving
a star high school athlete (with an almost
certain athletic college scholarship) who
sustained fractures of the left tibia and
fibula during a game. Failure to timely
diagnose and treat associated
compartment syndrome resulted in
continued on p.10
Knox is a staff medical
illustrator and consultant in
the Eastern Regional office
(Richmond, Virginia) of
MediVisuals, Inc., where he
has worked since 2000.
Keith Pavlik
Shannol Grant
Matt Whitford, Anterior Compartment Muscle Loss Due to Necrosis
Salon Winners…continued from p.9
necrosis of large amounts of lower leg
tissue. After the eventual diagnosis and
fasciotomy (shown in other exhibit
panels), multiple debridement surgeries
were performed over a span of six weeks.
This exhibit summarizes all the muscles
of the anterior compartment that
progressively became necrotic and
required excision. The actions of the
excised muscles are illustrated to
demonstrate the patient's subsequent loss
and/or weakness of foot and toe
movements. Graphic depictions of the
surgical procedures were shown on other
exhibit panels.
Matt lives in Richmond, VA with his
wife, Alex, their two dogs and three cats.
He works for
MediVisuals
creating medicallegal exhibits and
animations for
medical negligence
and personal injury
cases. In his spare
time, he enjoys the
outdoors,
particularly in the
Matthew Whitford
nearby Blue Ridge
Mountains. He is the official taster for
Wander Brewing, Alex’s prolific homebrewing hobby.
Undergrad: University of Georgia, BFA
Painting and Drawing, 1998. Graduate
School: Medical College of Georgia, MS,
2007.
Annenberg Center
for Health
Sciences, located in
Rancho Mirage,
CA. He then
started what
became a 13-year
career at the
Medical College of
Virginia's Media
Production
Services
Department in
Richmond, VA. He
presently works at
the Richmond, VA
office of
MediVisuals, Inc.
Hardy Fowler, Septal Scarring and Lid Crease Reformation
Undergrad: Lehigh University, BA 1983.
Georgia, MS 1987.
Award of Merit
Hardy Fowler, Septal Scarring and Lid
Crease Reformation
This two-part exhibit was created for a
law firm to be used in explaining a
plaintiff's condition and corrective
surgery to a jury. Injury from a
motorcycle accident had caused the
plaintiff severe injuries to his eyelid. This
resulted in a scarring contracture called
entropion, which caused his lower eyelid
to turn inward. This caused significant
irritation to the cornea. A surgical release
of this scar tissue and placement of
temporary Frost sutures helped to correct
this condition.
Award of Merit
Philip Mattes, Initial Right Ankle Injuries
As an aid in expert testimony, this exhibit
summarizes both the fracture injuries,
detailed in the preoperative radiology
study, and the talar cartilage damage,
found during the subsequent open
reduction and internal fixation surgery.
To keep the exhibit within budget, a
single illustration
from a posterior
view was chosen to
summarize all the
injuries in one
illustration.
Philip Mattes
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Phil's medical
illustration career
began with a twoyear fellowship
position at the
Hardy is one year
into an educational
and rewarding
professional career
at MediVisuals in
Richmond, VA,
where he lives with
his wife, Dawn. In
his spare time, he
pursues freelance
illustration work
for science fiction
novel publishers.
Hardy Fowler
Undergrad: Louisiana State University,
2005. Graduate School: Medical College
of Georgia, 2007.
Award of Merit
Paul Gross, Three Stage Maxillary
Reconstruction
This series of exhibits was prepared to
support a treating maxillofacial surgeon's
arguments that three stages of future
invasive surgeries would be required to
replace five teeth that a young woman
lost as a result of a motor vehicle
collision. She had severe maxillary
fractures that resulted in significant bone
loss of her anterior alveolar process. The
Stage I surgery demonstrates the invasive
surgery necessary to restore an
appropriate thickness for implants utilizing bone graft within a collagen
sheet barricade.
The Stage II surgery highlights the
procedure required to cut and move the
new maxillary bone mass inferiorly for
proper horizontal alignment of the
implants with the remaining teeth.
Philip Mattes, Initial Right Ankle Injuries
The Stage III illustrations highlight steps
of the surgical procedures required to
achieve proper spacing and placement of
Avalon Labs Bi-Caval Dual Lumen
Catheter
Paul Gross
Undergrad: Cornell
University, 1983.
Graduate School:
Medical College of
Georgia, MS 1986.
Editorial
Paul Gross, Three Stage Maxillary Reconstruction
the implants, as well as the creation of
gingival grafts to reestablish papillae
before securing the eventual placement of
the prosthetic dentition.
Following graduation Paul had a
freelance business in Seattle, WA. He
served as a faculty member at Ohio State
University for two years. For 12 years he
was Supervisor of Illustration in the
Biomedical Communications Department
of Vanderbilt University Medical Center
in Nashville, TN. Currently Paul
supervises production in the Richmond
office of MediVisuals, Inc.. as the Senior
Medical Illustrator.
Award of Merit
Lydia Gregg, Cerebral Angiography in
Children
As the cover of a patient education
brochure, this image provides parents
with an illustrated interpretation of the
principle of cerebral angiography before
their child undergoes the procedure.
Angiograms are performed to visualize
cerebral vasculature. This concept is
exemplified with a real angiogram shown
transitioning into the vascular anatomy of
interest. This is intended to suggest that
the procedure will image the child’s
arterial anatomy clearly and effectively.
This idea is portrayed over a child with a
calm demeanor to emphasize the lowstress nature of the procedure.
Avalon Labs commissioned Argosy to
create an animation showcasing their BiCaval Dual Lumen Catheter. The
animation was developed to highlight the
unique and innovative characteristics
including flexibility, high flow rates, and
integrated patented dual lumen design
that supports simultaneous removal and
return of blood from a single insertion
site.
Bert has been an active member of the
Association of Medical Illustrators for 24
years. He currently lives outside of
Boston with his wife Martha and two
children, Madison and Gabriel. Along
with co-founding Indexed Visuals in
1999, he manages a talented team of
illustrators and animators at Argosy
Medical in Newton, MA.
Undergrad: The Cleveland Institute of
Art, 1984. Graduate School: Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine, 1989.
Award of Excellence
Craig Foster, Keith Kasnot, Inside
Productions, VIABAHN Endoprosthesis
The animation was created for W.L. Gore
& Associates. A challenge for doctors
treating patients suffering from peripheral
continued on p.12
Lydia is currently employed in the
Division of Interventional
Neuroradiology working with Dr.
Philippe Gailloud at The Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine. She is
also co-founder of ProAtlantal Studio
with her husband, Fabian de
Kok-Mercado.
Undergrad: University of Michigan, 2005.
Graduate School: Johns Hopkins
University, 2007.
Bert Oppenheim, Argosy Publishing, Avalon Lavs
Bi-Caval Dual Lumen Catheter
Animation:
Advertising,
Marketing,
Promotional
Award of
Excellence
Bert Oppenheim,
Argosy Publishing,
Lydia Gregg, Cerebral Angiography in Children
Lydia Gregg
Argosy Publishing team
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Award Winners…continued from p.11
vascular disease in the superficial femoral
artery (SFA) is the requirement of a
flexible stent-graft capable of re-lining
Craig Foster, Keith Kasnot, Inside Productions,
VIABAHN Endoprosthesis
Craig Foster
Keith Kasnot
tortuous arteries.
The animation demonstrates how the
GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis is
constructed and deployed. The extreme
flexibility of the stent-graft enables it to
better traverse tortuous areas of the SFA
and conform more closely to the complex
anatomy of the artery. Additionally, the
animation shows how GORE has added a
heparin-bonded surface to the device.
Finally, the animation demonstrates the
patient's return to a normal, active
lifestyle.
Kevin Millar, Jason Raine,
Iron Overload Animation
Blood transfusions are used
to treat many patients with
hematological diseases.
Although these transfusions
are life-saving to the patient,
they can eventually result in
an overload of iron.
Novartis Oncology wanted
to create an unbranded
animation that would inform
healthcare professionals
about the consequences of
iron overload since many
Daniel Müller, Kimberly Main Knoper, New England Journal of
doctors were unaware of the
Medicine, Interactive Malaria Graphic
long-term effects. Kevin and
Jason created a 3D
animation that was designed to appear
photorealistic. The goal of the video was
to provide graphic visuals that would
show the physician potential outcomes if
serum iron levels were left unchecked.
Kevin Millar is the Medical Art Director
for InViVo Communications Inc. During
the past nine years at InViVo, Kevin has
been involved in the creation of awardwinning artwork, animations, surgical
videos, and patient education materials.
In 2007, Kevin received certification
from the Board of Medical Illustrators.
Grad School: University of Toronto, MSc
BMC 1999.
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Jason Raine has been with InViVo for
more than two years and is one of the top
medical animators. Although he recently
moved to Australia, he continues to work
with the InViVo team on new animation
projects.
Interactive Media: Instructional
Award of Merit
Daniel Müller, Kimberly Main Knoper,
New England Journal of Medicine,
Interactive Malaria Graphic
Kevin Millar, Jason Raine, Iron Overload Animation
Grad School: University of Texas
Southwestern, 1983
Award of Merit, and Member’s Choice:
New Media Award
Kim Knoper
Graduate School: University of Toronto,
MSc BMC 2004.
Craig Foster: Undergrad: University of
Michigan, BFA 1990. Grad School:
Medical College of Georgia, MS.
Keith has attended universities in
Germany, Austria, and the United States.
He is a certified medical illustrator and
has served on the Board of Governors
and the Accreditation Committee of the
Association of Medical Illustrators. He is
also a Fellow of the AMI.
Daniel Muller
Kevin Millar
This is a flash-based interactive graphic
that was published as a web supplement
to the article A New Attack on Malaria
by Susan Okie (N Engl J Med
2008;358:2425-8). It is composed of
three main parts: several interactive
world maps showing malaria transmission
risk, drug resistance, dominant vectors,
incidence of clinical episodes and
antimalarial treatment policy; an
interactive panel depicting the
Plasmodium falciparum life cycle; and an
interactive timeline showing the main
events related to malaria from 1880 to
2008.
Jason Raine
This interactive graphic is meant to be
updated whenever new data is available
or whenever new events related to
malaria occur. It will also be linked as a
web supplement material to any article
related to malaria published in the New
England Journal of Medicine in the
future.
Daniel is the Interactive Medical Media
Designer at the New England Journal of
Medicine where he is responsible for and
oversees the production of all Flashbased interactive modules for the web
version of the journal. He also creates
illustrations and graphics for journal
articles. In addition, Daniel is a Founding
Partner and Director of Haderer & Müller
Biomedical Art, LLC.
Graduate School: Johns Hopkins, MA,
2000.
Since her graduation from the Johns
Hopkins Art as Applied to Medicine
program in 2006, Kim has been a
medical illustrator for the New England
Journal of Medicine. In addition to
creating visual solutions for the print
journal, Kim develops interactive
modules, coding in actionScript for the
web-based journal.
Graduate School: Johns Hopkins, MA,
2006.
Three Dimensional Model
Award of Excellence
Erica Neadom, Niaspan Atherosclerosis
Model
This model depicts the progression of
atherosclerosis over time. Individual
stages of the disease are shown in seven
cross-sectional arteries. It was designed
to help doctors
convey the
importance of
preventing a
cardiovascular
event through
treatment.
An illustrated
backer provides a
description of each
state. A patient can
Andrew Swift, Fertility and the Fallopian Tube
clearly see the
connection
dimensional
between stages, and how early
elements were
atherosclerosis can easily lead to
added later as
something as serious as heart attack or
separate drawings.
stroke. Pullout cards located in the base
Andrew served in
were designed to educate patients on the
the United States
risk factors, treatment, and side effects.
Peace Corps (1992Since graduation Erica has been creating
real life anatomical models and patient/
physician educational tools for
PharmaDesign Inc., in Warren, New
Jersey. She works
closely with
pharmaceutical
companies and
advertising
agencies to create
interactive tools
that will increase
both patient and
doctor awareness
and understanding.
Erica Neadom
Grad School:
Rochester Institute
of Technology, 2003.
Member's Choice Award
Ralph Sweet Award
Andrew Swift, Fertility and the
Fallopian Tube
This poster highlights the specific
structures and functions of the fallopian
tube as they pertain to fertility. An
attempt was made to depict the anatomic
structures accurately and as delicate,
complex and active participants in the
process of conception. The poster format
was designed for presentation in an
examination room or physician's office.
All elements were hand-drawn and
completed in tone (traditionally and
digitally) before colorization in
Photoshop. Items seen in perspective such
as the ampulla were drawn without
perspective, skewed using Photoshop, and
Erica Neadom, Niaspan Atherosclerosis Model
1995), assigned to
Ecuador where he
worked as a
forestry extension
Andrew Swift
agent and as an
illustrator. Andrew studied
representational art at Augusta State
University and later the Art Students
League of New York (1995-1997). During
this time Andrew created "Swift
Illustration" an illustration and design
company which he continues to operate
today.
Undergrad: Presbyterian College, BS
1990. Graduate School: Medical College
of Georgia, MS 1999.
Fine Art Award
Pam Little, Office View x 3
Created in Corel Painter, the three pieces
depict the view out of her office window
in Fall and in Summer, highlighting
somewhat the lone aspen down the hill.
The two Summer views are of two
different kinds of morning light - the cool
colors just before sunrise, and the yellow/
orange colors cast during sunrise when
the "alpenglow" effect is seen.
After getting her MA, Pam worked at the
UT Dental Branch in Houston and the
University of Miami School of Medicine.
In 1994 she came to Montana to work for
Medical Multimedia Group, and in 2007
she and her husband formed Specialized
Engineering and Illustration, PLLC
which combines his civil and structural
continued on p.14
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Award of Excellence, and
Orville Parkes Student
Best of Show
Fabian de Kok-Mercado,
Adaptations of the Owl's
Cervical & Cephalic
Arteries in Relation to
Extreme Neck Rotation
Parm Little, Office View x 3
engineering
business and her
illustration work.
Undergrad: Florida
State University,
BA Visual
Communications,
1977. Graduate
Pam Little
School: University
of Texas
Southwestern, MA, 1984.
Student Categories
Instructional Line
Award of Excellence
Ikumi Kayama, Submuscular Ulnar
Nerve Transposition
This piece is intended for an orthopaedic
surgery textbook for hand surgeons and
residents. The procedure for submuscular
ulnar nerve transposition is visualized by
highlighting the possible areas of
compression, three main steps of the
procedure, and the result. Pertinent
anatomy is included and presented in a
surgical view to clearly teach and
describe the steps, techniques, and
instruments. Special attention is paid to
recreate accurate tissue reaction during
the procedure.
Ikumi plans to create clear, effective, and
didactic illustrations by applying her
knowledge of anatomy and illustration.
She aims to create illustrations that
communicate and teach complex science
and medical
subject matter.
A compilation of Fabian’s
illustrations created during
the course of his master's
thesis research which was
presented in the form of a
Fabian de Kok-Mercado, Adaptations of the Owl's Cervical &
poster. The study examined
Cephalic Arteries in Relation to Extreme Neck Rotation
whether owls (Order
Strigiformes) have evolved
an international
specific arterial adaptations that
bioaccommodate their extreme range of neck
communications
rotation (up to 270 degrees), since the
company.
cervico-cephalic vessels are notoriously
Undergrad: Iowa
sensitive to rotary motion in most
State University,
vertebrates, including man, in whom
BA, 2006.
injury of these arteries commonly leads
Graduate School:
to cerebral infarction. The intermediate
carotid and vertebral arteries were closely Johns Hopkins,
MA, 2008.
examined from the basi-cervical region
Fabian de Kok-Mercado
up to the formation of the basilar artery.
Award of
The illustration summarizes a portion of
Excellence
the findings yielded by this investigation.
Patrick Eckhold, Histology of the Thymus
Key arterial landmarks considered
This poster was created as an aid to teach
specific adaptations related to the owl's
medical students about all aspects of the
extensive gyratory elasticity are
thymus, a mysterious vestigial lymphoid
highlighted.
organ. The thymus is broken down into
Fabian currently resides in Baltimore,
increasing levels of complexity, from the
MD where he is the executive director
lobular gross anatomical appearance to
and principal of ProAtlantal Studio LLC,
the microscopic cellular environment.
The migration of T-lymphocytes into the
bloodstream from the thymic parenchyma
is a key step in the final maturation of Tcells, and this process is highlighted in
the main foreground elements. Other
important cellular players within the
thymic microenvironment are also
shown. Finally, the thymus of an adult is
contrasted with that of a child to show
the gradual degeneration, or involution,
that occurs over time.
Undergrad:
University of
Georgia, BFA,
2005. Graduate
School: Johns
Hopkins, MA,
2008.
Instructional
Color
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Ikumi Kayama
Ikumi Kayama, Submuscular Ulnar Nerve
Transposistion
Patrick is currently employed as a fulltime illustrator with the arthroscopic and
orthopedic instrument manufacturer
Arthrex, in Naples, FL. His work
consists primarily of creating surgical
technique materials used to educate
surgeons on the proper use of new
Arthrex instruments. Interested in 3D
imaging and animation, he has continued
to push the integration of 3D, especially
3D instruments, into his daily 2D
Book Review
My Name is Red
by Zina Deretsky
My Name is Red was written by Turkish
author and Nobel laureate, Orhan Pamuk,
in 1998. The story, set in 16th century
Istanbul, centers around a group of
miniaturists illustrating a book for the
Sultan and grappling with the opposite
tugs of the Islamic taboo against
depicting human and animal likenesses
with the lure and marvel of contemporary
representational painting of Europe. One
of the miniaturists is murdered; thus the
premise around which the piece is built is
a whodunit, but very far from an ordinary
one.
One is written by the color red.
And here is a taste of what red
says:
It is constructed of short (1 to 15 page)
chapters each written from the
perspective of one of the characters and
has many narrative qualities that hearken
to the Arabian Nights. Some of the
characters are inanimate. The first
chapter, for example, is narrated by the
corpse. Some are told by illustrations –
an illustration of a horse, for example.
The world Pamuk creates is
rich, tangled and colorful – an
embodiment of the universe of
Islamic miniatures and
arabesques in words. It is no
wonder – for the writer has a
keen and biased eye—when he
was growing up he wanted to be
a painter.
“…Yes handsome almond-eyed
apprentices applied me with
elegant brushes to thick paper
from Hindustan and Bukhara; I
embellished Uzbek carpets,
wall ornamentation, the combs
of fighting cocks, pomegranates,
the fruits of fabled lands, the
mouth of Satan, the subtle
accent lines within picture
borders….”
Award of Merit
Kelvin Li, Mitochondria: The
Powerhouse of the Cell
School: Medical College of Georgia, MS
2008.
continued on p.16
This poster was created to educate
histology students on the histology and
functions of mitochondria. The main
image compares the varied morphology
and histology of mitochondria. At the top
right, the mitochondrial content of
multilocular and unilocular fat is
contrasted. Along the bottom border, the
electron transport chain and
thermogenesis are highlighted. The left
border features an illustration of the
selective inheritance of maternal
mitochondria due to the ubiquitination of
paternal mitochondria.
Patrick Eckhold, Histology of the Thymus
surgical
illustration.
Undergrad: The
University of
Michigan, BS,
BFA, 2005. Grad
uate School:
Medical College of
Georgia, MS 2008.
Patrick Eckhold
Kelvin is currently
working as an
illustrator and
animator at Hurd
Studios in New
York City.
Undergrad:
Rutgers College,
2006. Graduate
Kelvin Li, Mitochondria: The Powerhouse of the Cell
Kelvin Li
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Editorial
Award of Merit
Steven Bernstein, Technological
Singularity: Is the future closer than we
think?
In a report by the BBC news, Ray
Kurzweil, a leading US inventor,
predicted that nanotechnology embedded
in people's bodies would eventually allow
humans and machines to merge. Based
on this and the theory of technological
singularity, also supported by Kurzweil,
this cover illustration conceptualizes
technological DNA fusing with human
DNA to represent the body's ultimate
convergence with technology.
This editorial piece was designed for the
cover of a popular science magazine. The
Steven Bernstein
concept and
perspective were
intended to grab
the attention and
interest of viewers.
The warm glow,
ominous blackness
and intriguing title
are intended to
entice viewers to
read further.
In addition to his
course work, he is currently working with
researchers at the Bloorview Kids Rehab
in Toronto to develop a visual analytics
tool that will aid them in developing safer
and more advanced brain-computer
machines for individuals with severe
physical limitations.
Undergrad: McGill University, BSc
Physiology 2006. Graduate School:
University of Toronto, projected 2009.
Animation
Award of Excellence, and New Media
Best of Show
Julian Kirk-Elliker, Antibody-Affinity
Maturation by Hypermutation and
Selection
Steven Bernstein, Technological Singularity: Is the
Future Closer than we think?
This animation was created for Julian’s
Master's Research Project, and was
designed to be a teaching tool for
undergraduate immunology students. Due
to the evolutionary nature of the process
of affinity maturation, it was vital that the
importance of time and the aspect of
population level changes were visualized
clearly. This required visualization of a
large number of B-cells undergoing
changes over a period of time. Using
Julian Kirk-Illiker, Antibody-Affinity Maturation by
Hypermutation and Selection
scripting and
dynamics within
Autodesk Maya, a
simulated
population of cells
was generated and
allowed to evolve,
through mutation
and selection, over
a number of
generations. The
Julian Kirk-Elleker
resulting data were
displayed graphically to illustrate the key
evolutionary concepts of variation,
selection and time. Julian grew up in
Toronto, and attended the University of
Guelph, majoring in Molecular Biology
and Genetics. After undergrad, he went to
the Toronto School of Art for one year,
before attending the Biomedical
Communications program at the
University of Toronto. He now works for
AXS Biomedical Animation Studio in
Toronto. Undergrad: University of
Guelph, BSc, 2004. Graduate School:
University of Toronto, MSc BMC, 2007.
Recent Graduate Perspectives: An Early Introduction to Digital Media: Iowa State
University's Program in Biological & Pre-Medical Illustration
By John Dorn
Instructor John Dorn
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From its first
stirrings in 1976,
Iowa State
University’s
program in
Biological & PreMedical
Illustration
(BPMI) has
represented one in
a hand full of
undergraduate
programs of its
kind. Its mission: “to provide a quality
liberal arts educational experience for
students who desire to combine the
sciences and art as a means to
becoming professional communication
specialists and artists” has not changed
since its approval as an undergraduate
major by the State Board of Regents in
1984. In addition to the dedicated
faculty and committee members, the
BPMI program’s ability to stand the test
of time can be attributed in part to the
constant evolution of its curriculum.
Throughout the years, a solid
foundation in traditional techniques
through figure drawing, four technical
and scientific illustration courses, and
watercolor, as well as a solid core of
general drawing/painting courses and
electives has been successfully
interwoven with a full compliment of
general and advanced sciences.
In order to keep up with the oncoming
wave of technology, the program began
offering a few courses in digital media
during the early 1990s. In 1996 the
curriculum quickly surfaced as an
important addition, as students were
afforded new on campus internships
and job opportunities in areas that were
not previously open to them. These
additional courses also acted to
streamline the student’s pathway to
gainful employment upon graduation or
by acceptance into any of the graduate
programs in medical illustration.
Salamander by Jenny Hill
program began integrating some
required special topics computer
courses consisting mainly of the
creation of Powerpoint presentations,
simple web site development, and an
introduction to electronic portfolios, all
designed to introduce the students to
the digital age. During these first years
this was a one credit evening course
with a limited number of seats meeting
in the basement of one of the biology
buildings. The digital component of the
Today, through the addition of faculty
and support from the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences and the College of
Art and Design, the program offers
required courses in Adobe Illustrator®
and Adobe Photoshop®, while
maintaining student access to nine
other digital media courses, each with
Orange Study by Kira
Can Operner by James Montgomery
multiple sections, including: 3D
modeling and animation, with emphasis
in character/organic shape modeling,
storyboarding, advanced lighting,
scientific/technical 3D visualization,
digital photography, and digital video
effects and editing. Seeing another
coming trend, a course in 2D animation
(Flash) was added in the Spring of
2007 as an evening special topics
course and it is “strongly advised” that
it be taken.
As with all programs, there have been
adjustments in order to meet the needs
of today’s students. No longer is it
required to take calligraphy, 2 courses
in graphic design, and a course in
analog (“wet”) photography. Technical
pens, PMTs, Rubilith, French curves,
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Perspectives…continued from p.17
and beveled-edge 90-degree triangles
and are fast becoming museum pieces
in the collection of certain 40
(something) year old instructors.
However with the digital media
opportunities previously discussed,
hard working students are given
countless immediate opportunities to
work as illustrators, 2D and 3D
animators, game developers, and
freelancers during any number off
campus internships and on campus job
opportunities.
Onion by Trevor Brown
The BPMI program at Iowa State
University has a long tradition of
success and will continue to evolve to
maintain its place in a very small group
of institutions that offer this type of
degree. It is hoped that throughout this
evolution the constant focus on its
mission will produce students that will
find a successful career in a very
exciting field.
Although it is difficult to assess the
long-term results of the curriculum
modifications, there is much to be
learned from the personal experiences
and reflections of the alumni. Recent
graduates of the BPMI program who
have gone on to pursue a graduate
degree in medical illustration were
asked the following questions. Their
responses can be read below.
1. Did you find the early introduction
to digital media in the BPMI program
helpful in developing effective work
habits in graduate school?
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2. Did the early exposure to digital
media provide you with additional
opportunities in graduate school or an
internship?
Kristen Larson
The main benefit
of an early
introduction to
digital media was
the amount of
time I saved in
grad school by
knowing the
basics of
Photoshop and Illustrator. At MCG, we
received excellent comprehensive
instruction in both programs (including
more of Andrew Swift's infamous
keyboard shortcuts than I ever thought
possible) and the basics I learned in the
BPMI program enabled me to pick up
newer, more complex concepts quickly.
In contrast, I didn't elect to take the
multimedia classes offered by the BPMI
program, so I came into grad school
with no training in Flash or 3D. I
noticed that the learning curve for
those programs was significantly
different for me - the time required to
master the basics really adds up.
The early introduction to digital media
also earned me an early introduction to
the misfortune of a crashed computer
and lost files. I think most illustrators
can agree that it only takes one frozen
computer screen holding untold hours
of your (unsaved) painstaking labor
hostage to teach you to save early and
save often. Luckily I learned that
unfortunate (and important) lesson a
couple years before I was knee-deep in
surgical plates of ruptured patellar
tendon repairs.
Lab, where I was hired. I created a
variety of digital illustrations for
websites, presentations, and
publications as I maintained the
position until I graduated in 2006. This
opportunity led to the most influential
experience of my undergraduate career;
my involvement with the Virtual
Reality Applications Center (VRAC) at
Iowa State University. VRAC is an
interdisciplinary research center
focusing on the rapidly expanding
interface between human and
computers. This is where I began
working with the Metabolic Exchange
Network (MetNet) Arabidopsis effort,
funded by the National Science
Foundation. MetNet provides
computational instruments for
researchers to facilitate the formulation
of testable hypotheses about the ways
in which specific genes function. Part
of this effort lies in the creation of
Meta!Blast, an interactive computer
game for high school students. It was
designed to aid the understanding of
cell biology and its copious biochemical
processes. The team concerned with the
development of Meta!Blast consisted of
faculty, graduate, undergraduate, and
high school
students. It was an
amazing
opportunity that
allowed me to
rapidly immerse
myself in the
evolving world of
3D imaging
technology.
The BPMI program gave me the chance
to learn the ropes of digital media
before using it at a graduate school
level; an opportunity that I think would
be a great benefit to all prospective
medical illustration students.
My early exposure to digital media with
the BPMI and VRAC provided me with
the skills and knowledge necessary to
feel up to pace when I matriculated into
the Johns Hopkins Art as Applied to
Medicine graduate program. It was
instantly clear to me how the two
programs were amalgamated into a
chronologic assembly of course work. I
truly felt prepared.
Fabian de Kok-Mercado
Kate Burnett
The BPMI at Iowa State University
provided me with an introduction to a
broad range of illustration
methodologies. The digital media
courses provided me with the
confidence necessary to apply for an
illustration job at the Water Ecology
The exposure to
Adobe Illustrator
and Adobe
Photoshop as an
undergraduate
made the task of
learning to use
both programs efficiently in graduate
school less daunting. By starting out
with a good grasp of each program and
basic functionality, I was able to hit the
ground running.
Jared Travnicek
The early
introduction of
digital media
provided me with
a framework of
understanding for
many digital
programs while
also giving me a
glimpse at the
time-saving
potential these programs had. This
foundation enabled me to hit the ground
running in graduate school, learning
more advanced aspects of some
programs and quickly picking up the
essentials of others, allowing me to
work faster and more efficiently. Also,
I knew I could save time (which helped
me manage my project timelines) by
manipulating the illustrative elements,
finding better compositions and
creating more effective rough sketches
without redrawing. These skills
allowed me stay on top of my schedule
and enhance my work habits.
Because of my training in digital media
in the BPMI program, I was able to
secure a job as a full time illustrator for
a production company. When I was
applying for that position they told me
that digital and traditional media
proficiency were highly ranked in their
list of priorities along with
draftsmanship and rendering speed.
Having experience with digital media
programs put me near the top of their
list and having a background in science
allowed me to get the job. When I
began, I wasn’t on the same level of
proficiency in the digital media
programs as my colleagues. However,
my undergraduate education gave me
an understanding of the organization,
structure and tools in several of these
programs, which allowed me to quickly
come up to speed.
Eric Small
I found being introduced to digital
media in undergrad very helpful when
continuing my education in graduate
school. Those not familiar with digital
artwork often
assume that it has
a much faster
production period
compared to
traditional
artwork. Early
exposure to
digital workflow
taught me that
this is not always the case. This has
helped me manage my time in graduate
school by giving me a rough estimate of
how long a project will take me. It also
laid the foundation for learning more
digital skills in my continued
education.
Mark Mangum
Being taught digital media during my
time at Iowa State University has given
me a notable advantage. In my
undergraduate program I learned how
to effectively use Photoshop, Illustrator,
and Cinema 4D. Through an internship
at iMed Studios that opened up to me
only because of my program, Flash and
After Effects were added to the list. It
was there that I learned animation from
professionals in the industry before I
had even taken animation at ISU. This
no doubt improved my performance in
3D animation at ISU, just as all my
combined experience aids me in
graduate school. Now at the Medical
College of Georgia, I have been able to
hone my skills, rather than learn
completely new software. Recently we
completed work on a 3D animation
project, and
during late nights
in the studio I was
often helping my
classmates solve
their Cinema 4D
problems, which
in turn gave me a
better knowledge
of the program.
Non-Sequitor
Thalamus – origin: Greek thalamos - bridal
chamber, or lovers’ couch. The posterior part of
the thalamus is named pulvinar (pillow in
Greek). When stripped of surrounding brain
tissue, the thalamus resembles this
configuration.
Current BPMI Committee
Members
Lynne Clark – Professor of
Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal
Biology, BPMI Program Executive
Officer
Dean Biechler – Lecturer Art and
Design, Program Coordinator
Steve Hernstadt – Professor and
Associate Department Head Art
and Design
Harry Horner – University
Professor of Genetics,
Developmental and Cell Biology
Don Sakaguchi – Associate
Professor of Genetics,
Developmental and Cell Biology
Zora Zimmerman - Associate
Dean, Liberal Arts and Sciences
John Dorn – Lecturer Art and
Design, Director of Medical
Imagery – iMed Studios
Stan Harpole - Assistant Professor
of Ecology, Evolution, and
Organismal Biology
Jennifer Owens – Academic
Advisor
View from the Crow's Nest
by Edith Tagrin
View From the Crow’s Nest
By Edith Tagrin
While retrieving a
document from my
files, I noticed a
small booklet
had
fallen
down in the
back of the file
drawer. I reached
down to put it back
where it belonged but
instead of returning it to its
proper place I was drawn to
study it and to review its
contents. What I held in my hands was the
original Program for the Fifth Annual
Meeting of the Association of Medical
Illustrators which convened in July of
1950. The names of the Officers and the
continued on p.20
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Crow's Nest…continued from p.19
Local Program Committee and the names
of the Board of Governors listed
throughout the booklet are the names of
those pioneering medical illustrators who
were prominent for years to come and who
contributed hugely to the formative years
of the AMI. At the time of this Fifth
Annual Meeting, although I would not
become a member or attend a meeting for
another five years, I was already in awe of
the astonishing group of illustrators who
had embraced this fellowship and were
moving forward with their agendas.
Though I had viewed this archival piece
many years ago it was once again very
surprising to see how little content it
contained and how simple the homemade
quality of its presentation. Yet despite the
scarcity of information in this 1950
program guide, I was once again
transported to an earlier and perhaps more
gentle time in contrast to our current
modes of living where almost every event
each day is rather rudely “in one’s face”
most of the time. Our current annual
programs are attractive and highly
informative thanks to the communication
technology at our fingertips now some 58
years later. I thought at once to share this
old piece with the readers of the “View
from the Crow’s Nest” not because it is
simple and handmade but because it is
another wonderful fragment of the early
steps toward the amazing association that
Third page
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Front and back covers
we have become. It is most thoughtprovoking to note that The Max Brödel
lecture at that 1950 conference was
entitled “Study of the Advantages of
Illustrations combined with Motion
Pictures as Exemplified by the Operation
for Constrictive Pericarditis” presented by
Emile Holmes, MD, PhD Stanford
Hospital.
The cover is made from a letter-sized sheet
of lightweight blue construction paper
which is folded in half, one half serving as
the front cover and the other half as the
back cover. Spanning across both the front
and back covers when opened flat is a pen
and ink drawing of a typical medical
artist’s studio of the times which also
identified the association name, date and
meeting place of the 1950 convention (see
back cover of newsletter). Note that this
drawing is unsigned and unidentified.
There are few pages and they are not
Fourth and fifth pages
numbered. The pages are created by three
letter-sized white sheets of paper folded in
half to create twelve 5.5 inch wide pages
for a typed content of the program.
The first two pages are blank.
The third page lists the Officers and the
Local Program Committee
The fourth page is a hand drawn map of
the area streets and waterfront
The fifth page is the Program for Saturday,
July 1, 1950
The sixth page is for Sunday, July 2, 1950.
No program. Sightseeing tour of San
Francisco and Cocktail Party
The seventh page is the program for
Monday, July 3, 1950, which includes the
Max Brodel Annual Banquet
The eighth page is the program for
Tuesday, July 4, 1950 and a List of the
Members of the Board
The ninth page is a list of places to eat
which are numbered to match numbers on
the map on the fourth page.
The tenth, eleventh and twelfth pages are
blank. A piece of yellow yarn is drawn
through all the pages and cover in two
spots and tied to hold the pages together.
AMI Member in Passing
by Anne Altemus and Mark Lefkowitz
William “Bill” Just, J.D., Former AMI
Executive Director
Sixth and seventh pages
William “Bill” Just died in Atlanta on
Friday, December 19, 2008 after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 68 years
old.
Bill was president and CEO of Total
Association Management Services Inc.
(TAMS), a multi-client association
management company which he founded
in 1985. Under Bill’s leadership and
direction, TAMS served as the
Association Management Company for
the AMI from 1990 to 2002, the year Bill
retired.
As Executive Director of the AMI, Bill
was a dynamic force for the Association
as well as the medical illustration
profession. A number of important
accomplishments spearheaded by Bill
include the establishment of the AMI
Certification Program, and laying the
groundwork to support the emergence of
the Illustrators Partnership of America
(IPA) among other important advocacy
programs. Bill also served as the
Executive Director for the
BioCommunications Association (BCA).
He founded and served as Executive Vice
Eighth and ninth pages
continued on p.22
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Vesalius Trust
Vesalius Trust Announces New Crosby Award for AMI Student Salon
Crosby as the Brödel Archivist. The
impressive painting was first published in
1914 as the frontispiece for the Diseases
of the Kidneys, Ureters and Bladder by
Cullen and Burnam. Proceeds from the
sale of the prints will go directly to the
Crosby Salon Award Fund.
To make a donations and purchase prints
please contact:
Lisa Warren
Vesalius Trust
20751 West Chartwell Ave.
Kildeer, IL 60047
vesaliustrust@aol.com
Ranice Crosby
The Vesalius Trust is pleased to
announce a new student salon award
initiative in honor of lifelong educator
Ranice W. Crosby. The Trust hopes to
begin offering this award to students in
the summer of 2010. The Award will
recognize a student salon entry that best
exemplifies the illustrating philosophies
championed by Ranice Crosby
throughout her career. Namely that “the
message is everything", and “along with
planning, accuracy and good
craftsmanship, an effective illustration
must be a well told story.”
The Vesalius Trust plans to make this a
cash award of ~$200 and has set a goal to
raise $5000 over two years to establish
the fund and make it permanent. We are
asking for your donation to make this
possible.
To help us reach our goal the Brödel
Kidney Stone print is again available for
purchase for $95. This exquisite limited
edition print is signed by Ranice W.
Bill Just…continued from p.21
President for the Association for
Convention Operations Management and
the Association for Convention Marketing
Executives.
Bill was a founder and an inaugural
recipient of the Certified Meeting
Professional (CMP) designation
administered by the Convention Industry
Council. In recognition of his
contributions to the advancement of
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Many readers of the AMI News had the
wonderful privilege of knowing Ranice
Crosby personally and undoubtedly
cherish their own stories of how her
teaching, mentorship and friendship have
had a lasting and profound effect on their
lives. Less evident though, particularly to
those who did not know Ranice, is just
how wide reaching her influence on our
profession has been. Ranice’s remarkable
career as an illustrator and teacher
spanned more than six decades, from the
1940’s to 2004 during which time she
trained well over 200 students to become
professional medical illustrators.
Ranice arrived in Baltimore in 1937 to
study medical illustration in the
Department of Art as Applied to
Medicine under Max Brödel. In 1943, she
was named the department’s Director and
in doing so became the first woman to
lead a department in Johns Hopkins’
history. She served as director for 40
years until stepping down in 1983. Ranice
remained an active and vital part of the
faculty as Director Emerita for another
convention services management he was
inducted into the CIC Hall of Leaders,
one of the highest recognitions in the
meetings and conventions industry.
A full obituary appeared in the December
28, 2008 edition of the Atlanta JournalConstitution which may be viewed at
www.ajc.com or www.legacy.com.
Memorial contributions may be made to
the Atlanta Humane Society, 981 Howell
Mill Road NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30318
22 years, during which time she
continued to teach, served on the
Graduate Program Admissions
Committee and became the official
Archivist of the Brödel collection.
In 1991, she and John Cody authored the
remarkable biography, Max Brödel: The
Man Who Put Art into Medicine. Ranice
was a founding member of the AMI, an
inaugural fellow, and was the 1987
recipient of the Association’s Lifetime
Achievement Award. In 2002, she was
awarded an honorary degree, Doctor of
Humane Letters, by Johns Hopkins
University in recognition for her
dedication to teaching and significant
contributions to the School of Medicine
and the field of Medical Illustration.
Brödel Kidney Stone print
or to Hospice Atlanta, 1244 Park Vista
Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30319. A
celebration of the Life of Bill Just will be
scheduled in April 2009. Details will be
communicated as soon as they are made
available.
Non-Sequitor
Pisaster – genus name of starfish
Latin piscis fish, aster star
On Stage
Current topics in science and medicine
What’s there to see: Two SRS-generated
images are available.
Title: Epigenetics at the Epicenter of
Modern Medicine
Chosen because: Imaging modalities
drive what we can see and learn.
Advances in microscopy are always good
news for science and open doors for more
exploration.
Author: Feinberg AP
Date: December 29, 2008
Citation: Cell, 2008; 135 (7), 1251-1262.
Science Magazine
Availability: Press release and video
open to all
Date: November 7 2008
Citation: Science, 2008; 322: 876-880
URL: http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.
jsp?cntn_id=112930&org=NSF&from=news
Availability: Abstract available, full text
with subscription
Press Release Title: Viruses, Start Your
Engines!
Authors: Alkire, MT et al.
What's there to see? Basic schematic
depictions of types and levels of
epigenetic information, the concept of
epigenetic inheritance (eg, DNA
methylation), and the concept of the
epigenetic "lifecycle".
If you see, illustrate or read a topic
or article that you’d like to share in
this column, please contact Zina
(see masthead for email).
National Science Foundation
Researchers find what drives one of
nature's powerful, nanoscale motors.
Authors: Sun, S et al.
What it’s about:The discovery of how a
virus motor (only atoms across)
functions. The motor packages the
genome of the virus into its pre-formed
head.
What’s there to see: Animation by Seyet
llc of the viral motor and video interview
footage with researcher, Michael
Rossmann.
Why’s it interesting: Rich visuals and
cutting edge research. The virus motor’s
strength-to-scale is twice that of an
automobile. The findings presented here
could inspire engineers to design
sophisticated nanomachines in the future.
National Science Foundation
Date: December 19, 2008
Citation: Science, 2008; 322: 1857-1861
Availability: Press release open to all
URL: http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.
jsp?cntn_id=112877&org=NSF&from=news
Press Release Title: Next Generation
Microscopy: No Stain, Big Gain
Authors: Freudiger, CW et al.
What it’s about: Researchers can
monitor drug distribution and perform
medical diagnostics rapidly using a new
3D imaging technique – Stimulated
Raman Scattering
URL: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/
content/short/322/5903/876
Title: Consciousness and Anesthesia
Synopsis (courtesy of Helen
Pickersgill): Although thousands of
people are made unresponsive under
anesthesia, they are not always rendered
unconscious, and stories of waking,
eviscerated, on the operating table
abound. Alkire et al. review what little
we do know about the gap between
behavioral unresponsiveness and
oblivion. Although the relative role of the
thalamus and cortical areas in switching
consciousness on and off is not clear,
despite their different mechanisms of
action it does seem that most anesthetics
hit a posterior corticothalamic complex
centered around the inferior parietal lobe.
As well as deactivating this region,
anesthesia also causes functional
disconnection between subregions of the
complex. Understanding the effects of
anesthesia could thus be a useful
tool to understanding the neural
correlates of consciousness.
The Journal of the American
Medical Association
Date: March 19, 2008. Citation: JAMA.
2008;299(11):1345-1350.
Availability: Open to all
(Full text)
URL: http://jama.ama-assn.
org/cgi/content/abstract/
299/11/1345
What's it about? A brief article on the
significance of epigenetics--a term coined
more than 60 yrs ago, now used to apply
to the study of non-DNA sequence–
related heredity.
Why's it interesting? Discusses the
effect of epigenetic modifications on
regulation of gene expression, and notes
that unlike gene mutations, changes at
epigenetic level are, or seem to be,
reversible. Examines examples of disease
states in which epigenetic modifications
are at work; emphasizes that an
understanding at an epigenetic level may
lead to more medical interventions at a
junction somewhere between the level of
the genome and that of the environment.
The Journal of the American Medical
Association
Date: September 17, 2008. Citation: JAMA.
2008;300(11):1334-1342.
Availability: Pay access. Will be open to
all (Full text) in March 2009.
URL: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/
content/full/300/20/2419
Title: Testing for Fragile X Gene
Mutations Throughout the Life Span
Authors: Hagerman RJ and
Hagerman PJ.
What's it about?
A short
commentary about clinical
manifestations related to mutation
of the fragile X mental
retardation 1 (FMR1) gene.
Mutations of the FMR1 gene
produce a family of disorders
that include the most common
heritable form of intellectual
disability, fragile X syndrome,
continued on p.24
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On Stage…continued from p.23
and premature menopause (primary
ovarian insufficiency).
What's there to see? A pictorial
diagram correlating the varying
expression of the FMR1 gene and its
associated clinical disorders
Why's it interesting? The mutation of
the FMR1 gene that leads to disease--a
trinucleotide repeat of CGG in the
untranslated region--has varying
influence based on the length of the
repeated sequence, and can be found to
occur in a wide range of age groups.
Interestingly, at a level of <200 CGG
repeats, normal levels of FMR1 protein
are produced, but an increase in mRNA
and abnormal interactions are seen to
produce clinical disorders. Above 200
repeats, the continuing spectrum of
disorders is related to the decreasing
amount of FMR1 protein.
Events and Notices
The International Year of Astronomy
(IYA2009)
A global celebration of astronomy and its
contributions to society and culture,
highlighted by the 400th anniversary of
the first use of an astronomical telescope
by Galileo Galilei.
For more info visit: http://www.
astronomy2009.org
The Manitowoc Art & About
Member's Exhibit
January 11th - January 25th,
Rahr West Art Museum in Manitowoc,
WI.
Nature photography by Heidi M. Dalberg
will be on display.
For more info contact: heidi@
apexbiovisuals.com
Pragmatic Muse: Scientific
Explorations in Art
February 10 - March 29, 2009 (closed
Mar. 3 - 9, and Mar. 21-23).
Brenau University Galleries at the Leo
Castelli Art Gallery, in the John S. Burd
Center for the Performing Arts. This
exhibit is an investigation of the applied
arts to a variety of scientific fields
including entomology, botany, cell
biology, oceanography, paleontology,
animal and human biology.
The 150th anniversary of Darwin's
publication of The Origin of Species.
Open through August, 2009
Installed by the Texas Medical
Association in the lobby of their
headquarters in Austin. Vesalius, Brödel
and Netter are featured, as well as Lewis
Waters, the founder of the Texas
program, and Lew Calver, the current
director.
February 12th, 2009
Many conferences, celebrations and
symposia are being held around the world
to mark it including a huge exhibition at
the Natural History Museum in London.
darwin200.org
Alumni Exhibit
Open through March 6, 2009
An exhibit of 35 Selected Works by
Alumni of the Biomedical
Communications Program at The
University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center at Dallas in the South
Campus Library
The Work of Tim Phelps
March 27th to April 24th with an
opening reception Friday the 27th of
March
Tim Phelps, Associate Professor and
Medical Illustrator in the Graduate
Program of Art as Applied to Medicine,
Johns Hopkins, will have an exhibit of
medical, scientific and fine art at:
The Lawrenceville School
2500 Main Street
Route 206
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
For more information contact Tim:
tphelps1@jhmi.edu
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The Art of Observation From Cave
Paintings to Computer Graphics
GNSI 2009 Beginning Digital
Illustration Workshop
Approved for 3.0 CEUs Art
The Smithsonian Natural History
Museum, Washington, DC, March 27 30, 2009
This special 4-day workshop will allow
participants who are just starting to
explore digital techniques to grow their
skills using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe
Illustrator.
Send in your registration and $75 deposit
by March 5, 2009
For more info contact:
Marie Metz, GNSI Education Director
202-382-1804, marie.metz@rs.usda.gov
Jennifer Fairman, GNSI Educational
Series Coordinator
781-647-7510, jfairman@fairmanstudios.
com
Fair Use in the Digital World: What
You Can and Can’t Use
Approved for 0.1 CEU Business
February 12, 2009 1 - 2 pm EST
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: Making Fair
Use Determinations in a Digital World,
Fair Use of Electronic Media: What You
Need to Know, Obtaining Rights to Use
Digitally Copyrighted Material
Live question and answer session - Have
your specific questions answered
Your Expert Presenter: Kimberly M.
Bonner, Esq. is the Executive Director of
the Center for Intellectual Property in the
Digital Environment at the University of
Maryland University College.
higheredhero.com/74/0/2/p26VRDc/
p1QF3TK6i/p0e
Creativity: Worlds in the Makings: A
National Symposium
Approved for 1.7 CEUs Art
March 18 - 20, 2009
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem,
N. Carolina
Join us as we advance the national
discussion on the creativity imperative in
today's challenging global environment
through lectures, performances, panels,
exhibitions and interactive means.
Featured guests include David Bornstein,
Meredith Monk, David Edwards, Abigail
Child, and Josh Frieman. Organized by
the Program for Creativity and Innovation
and the Office of Entrepreneurship and
Liberal Arts in partnership with many
other departments, programs and
individuals at Wake Forest University.
For more info visit:
http://www.wfu.
edu/creativity/
symposium.htm
Vienna: Portraits
in the Parks
Deadline is open
until March 31,
2009
This ten day
workshop (June 1524) is composed of DNA enters the gp17 motor complex on the T4 virus capsid. The image is a still
five 3-hour portrait from a video that can be found at: http://www.seyet.com/t4_academic.html.
This animation is featured in this issue's On Stage column.
instruction sessions
Credit: T4:2 - Motor Packing, © 2008 Seyet LLC
with a model and
five days of
landscape painting focusing on the parks
surrounding the Ringstrasse, a 2.5 mile
boulevard that circles the old city center.
When we're not painting, we will be
visiting the museums, galleries and places
of interest in one of Europe's best kept
secrets, gloriously restored Vienna!
perrinsparks.com/vienna08.htm
Or call Perrin (Perri) Sparks: (250)
285-2474.
AMI Annual Meeting
July 29th - August 2nd, 2009
The Association of
Medical Illustrators
Allen Press, Inc.
Association Management
810 East 10th
Lawrence, KS 66044
T: (866) 393-4264
hq@ami.org
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