The Creation of a Medical Illustration by Jared Travnicek
Indianapolis-based Medical illustrator, Jared Travnicek takes us through each step of his process for creating a medical illustration. This medical illustration shows the clipping of a posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm.
Note that he mentions "after revisions" a couple of times throughout the video. Medical illustration is all about research and checking accuracy. This often happens through the review of a medical professional, either the surgeon performing the operation or an anatomist. While anyone can in theory draw anatomy, it takes a medical illustrator to draw it accurately. Using a medical illustrator cuts down on the back and forth of these revisions.
Jared takes us through the following steps in hyper speed:
The initial discussion revolves around the basic goals and general approach for the procedure.
Next we go through each step in detail, using microsurgical videos for source material.
Then I begin my rough sketches...
After some revision, the final sketch is scanned into the computer and I begin to render.
Jared wrote a series of articles on medical illustration, including an interview with me back in 2012, for Fortnight Journal [No longer available]. They are wonderfully written and informative.