tissue studies

Here are some tissue studies i did for surgical class back in January. i've just been too lazy to scan them, but was finally forced to when i realized i had to hand in my sketchbook for marking! i drew these mostly from surgical photos, but also a couple from illustrations. The goal was to study and understand the visual characteristics of different types of tissues relevant to surgical illustration. i decided to mess around with different materials for this assignment. i really need to work on my pen & ink skills - i can never get as much line variation as i'd like...


cut skin & subcutaneous fat
graphite + prisma markers + sakura microns on paper


skeletal muscle (cut and uncut)
graphite + prisma markers + sakura microns on paper


bone (cut & uncut)
graphite + prisma markers + sakura microns on paper


tendon & cartilage
graphite + prisma markers + sakura microns on paper


blood vessels (arteries & veins)
graphite + prisma markers + sakura microns on paper

(And yes, i worked waaay too hard on this considering it was only worth 4%...lol!)

i need to make a few changes to my final render for surgical and neuro classes, but will be posting them soon. My website is also almost done! i can see the light...