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Banner image for HCM infographic

Client

Dave Mazierski
Dr. John Wong

Year

2021

Media

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator

Audience

Educated Lay Public

About

This is a 2-page magazine spread infographic on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a genetic disorder responsible for the most frequent cause of sudden death in the younger population.

Final image

Final infographic on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Process

Research & Tissue Study

Following the research phase, a large inspiration board was created from both anatomical references and other infographics to help figure out a style and layout for this piece. I also created a tissue cube study of the pathologic heart to help me understand the texture and structure of the disease. Several layouts and color combinations were tried, but I decided to stick with a top-left to bottom-right diagonal progression after consulting with Dr. Wong and peers.

Research, inspiration board, and tissue studies

Research documents on HCM
Inspiration and mood board
Tissue cube studies of ventricular septal wall in HCM

Linework & Rendering

Linework

Rough layout sketch
Refined layout sketch
Refined layout sketch and reorganization of layout

Layout iteration

Color layout iteration 1
Color layout iteration 2
Color layout iteration 3

Final tissue renders

Final HCM tissue cube renders
Background trabeculae line art render

References

  1. Bourgery, M., & Jacob. Nicolas Henri. (2015). Atlas of Human Anatomy and Surgery (J.-M. le Minor & H. Sick, Eds.). TASCHEN.
  2. Maron, B. J. et al. (2010) ‘Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy’, http://dx.doi.org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/10.1056/NEJM198703263161305, 316(13), pp. 780–789. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198703263161305.
  3. Maron, B. J. (2018) ‘Clinical Course and Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy’, https://doiorg. myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/10.1056/NEJMra1710575, 379(7), pp. 655–668. doi: 10.1056/NEJMRA1710575.
  4. Maron, B. J. and Maron, M. S. (2013) ‘Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy’, The Lancet, 381(9862), pp. 242–255. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60397-3.
  5. Moon, J. C. (2007) ‘What Is Late Gadolinium Enhancement in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy?’, Revista Española de Cardiología (English Edition), 60(1), pp. 1–4. doi: 10.1016/S1885-5857(07)60097-8.
  6. Olivotto, I. et al. (2012) ‘Patterns of Disease Progression in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy’, Circulation: Heart Failure, 5(4), pp. 535–546. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.112.967026.
  7. RC, B., AP, O. and S, S. (2020) ‘Tissue-level inflammation and ventricular remodeling in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy’, Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis, 49(2), pp. 177–183. doi: 10.1007/S11239-019-02026-1.
  8. Toshima, H. et al. (1976) ‘Echocardiographic study on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy’, Japanese heart journal, 17(3), pp. 275–289. doi: 10.1536/IHJ.17.275.
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