Client
Dr. Shelley Wall
Year
2022
Media
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Audience
Undergraduate Life Science Students
About
This project was created in collaboration with Mimi Guo and Viktoriya Khymych. The goal of this project was to create two neuroanatomy textbook spreads on the topics of the trigeminal nerve (CNV) and the vestibulocochlear nerve (CNVIII). A different role was taken for each spread as either the researcher and layout/line artist or the renderer.
Final textbook layouts
Process
Initial Research
I was responsible for creating the linework for the spread on the trigeminal nerve (CNV) (final render by Mimi Guo) and creating the final render for the spread on the vestibulocochlear nerve (line work by Viktoriya Khymych). To create the linework and layout, I took inspiration from Thieme's Atlas of Anatomy. I decided to focus the two pages on the course, distribution, and sensory pathways of the cranial nerve. Looking at other textbooks, I noticed that several of them didn't show a full distribution of the main nerve branches off CNV, so that was the main image I wanted to include for the first page. For the second page, I wanted to include the nerve pathway of CNV through the brainstem nuclei. I decided to include two views (frontal view and cross-sectional view) to make the direction of the pathway as comprehensive as possible.
Moodboard and research
Maquette
Creating the linework for the nerve distribution of CNV accurately was going to require a lot of precision, so I decided to use a maquette to help me out. I obtained freely availbale CT scan data from the NIH which I was able to segment into the separate bony and facial features using 3DSlicer. I obtained a brain scan from Colin27 which was also segmented using 3DSlicer. Putting all these 3D models into Blender3D and using booleans to remove unneccessary components, I created a detailed maquette I could base my final linework on.
Maquette
Linework & Final Render
The final linework was created in Adobe Photoshop. Leader lines were organized to be as clear as possible and grouped based on their function. The image on the second page shows the frontal brainstem as well as cross-sections along different sections of the brainstem to clearly show the pathway CNV takes to the cerebrum. After the linework, text, and layout were complete, the files were passed on to Mimi Guo, who completed the render. You can see her process work here.
Linework & Final Render
CNVIII Spread
The linework, research, and layout for the spread on the vestibulocochlear nerve was done by Viktoriya Khymych. My role was to create the final renders for the spread. Using a consistent color palette with the other textbook spread, I created a semi-realistic render in photoshop.
Linework & Final Render
References
- Holmes CJ, Hoge R, Collins L, Woods R, Toga AW, Evans AC. “Enhancement of MR images using registration for signal averaging.” J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1998 Mar-Apr;22(2):324–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004728-199803000-00032
- Lorenzo Crumbie MBBS, B. S. (2022, March 20). Trigeminal nerve (CN V). Kenhub. Retrieved April 27, 2022, from https://www.kenhub.com/en/library/anatomy/the-trigeminal-nerve
- Schünke, M., Schulte, E., & Schumacher, U. (2021). Thieme Atlas of anatomy. Thieme.