Hello tumblr, very long time no see, but its a personal tradition to share my yearly art review:
Despite everything that happened this year that resulted in lots of undesirable firsts, I also must look back fondly at 2020 as really my year to surround myself in medical illustration. As you may note all the work in this yearâs round up is class work done for my graduate program. I did very little personal work, just sketches here and there but especially with an additional summer semester of classes and six months working alone on projects during quarantine, I was completely immersed in medical illustration this year. And one of the best things about that experience is where last year if felt like I stepped through the threshold into the world of medical illustration, now I feel that I have lived in that room and its hard to see myself doing anything besides this.
Now onto the art. Each row roughly lines up with my semesters which is handy. Highlights this past spring were my first experiences with surgery which were rewarding but also very overwhelming experiences. Thereâs something very humbling about being in surgery and having the surgeon be concerned about whether or not youâre getting a good view of the action and if all your questions are answered. One surgeon this year even let me sit at the robotic surgery controls to see her work in stereoscopic view (no worries the safety lock was on, so I didnât bump anything). Something I also did back in spring was start learning my first 3D modelling program: Cinema 4D.
Over the summer I did a lot of work in animation and more 3D modeling with a good dose of surgery illustration work as well. This summer I feel that I switched from being rather scared of surgical illustration to being quite proud and even a bit comfortable with the process which is something that undergrad me would be shocked to hear. I also submitted work to the AMI for the first time with my pieces from June and July as my example of my skills. In August I did my first bit of 3D animation; a neutrophil engulfing some bacteria.
And finally, in Fall I was back to in-person classes and busier than I had ever been. I worked on a large-scale poster in September which was very rewarding, struggled so hard to achieve the look of âmed-legalâ in October, and managed to squeeze in my love for tarot card/ art deco symbolism in a mock journal cover. And I also created a fully 3D animation on the cell membrane. And that is only part of the work I did but some of the other work in kind of under NDA for the moment.
       Thank you all kindly for reading and being curious about this little journey of mine. I hope your holidays are pleasant and safe this year, and make sure to take some time for yourself to reward yourself for all the hard work this year.
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