Banner image of IMS Fall Infographic

Client

IMS Magazine

Year

2021

Media

Adobe Illustrator
Blender 3D

Audience

Educated Lay Public

About

This was an infographic on the gut microbiome and it's associated diseases. Presented in the 2020 Fall IMS Magazine, it was intended to be a fun and visually appealing infographic to help readers understand more about the gut microbiome. Research and information was compiled by Stacey Butler and all visuals were created by me.

Final infographic

Final infographic on the gut microbiome

Process

Rough Layout & 3D Assets

A rough black and white layout was blocked out in illustrator first along with a quick sketch of the character I was planning to model. Models were created in Blender 3D.

Rough Layout and Final Models

Rough layout and sketch of infographic
Character modelling for infographic
Organs modelling for inforgraphic


Layout Revision

Several minor iterations of the layout were compiled after revisions from the magazine editors to finalize the final infographic.

Iterations of the Infographic

Layout 1 with multiple diseases and without organs
Layout 2 with condensed diseases and without organs
Layout 3 with organs
Layout 4 with rounded leader lines


Animation

I decided to create a small animation with the model to have some fun at the end of the project. After some simple rigging (watch the fingers), this was the final result!

Animation