Lateral skull rendering banner image

Client

Dave Mazierski

Year

2020

Media

Carbon Dust
Adobe Photoshop

Audience

Anatomy Students

About

This project involved using both traditional and digital techniques to create a comprehensive textbook page mockup on the different structures of the lateral skull. The final illustration was composed with carbon dust on smooth bristol board.

Final textbook layout with labels

Final textbook layout of lateral skull rendering


Process

Linework

Following revisions of a rough line sketch, the full rendering was completed using carbon dust. Refinements were made in Adobe Photoshop and the final textbook layout was assembled with Adobe Illustrator.

Line art and final carbon dust render before layout

Initial line art of lateral skull with markup for changes
Fixed line art of lateral skull after changes
Carbon dust rendering of lateral skull

Final Renders

Photoshop edits to improve contrast and highlight structures

Lateral skull after edits in photoshop
Lateral skull after edits in photoshop with highlighted structures