More viruses 2

Above:

Zygomycosis

Tape Worm

Hook worm

Hepatitis

Tuberculosis

More viruses

Just a preview of some of my favourites.

Above:
Gonorrhea and Chlamydia
Gastroentinitis
E. Coli
African sleeping sickness
Intro to viruses illustration

Viruses in technocolour

I collaborated with my friend David S Kroll, MD on 'The Humorist’s Field Guide to Infectious Diseases for Those who
are Especially Curious'. If the book convinces you to wash your hands (with soap) just a little more often than you did before, then reading it will have been extremely worth your while. David, being the doctor, wrote the text and I did the illustrations.

The black and white illustrations were done with pen and ink and then cleaned up in photoshop. I enjoy the challenge of doing finished drawings without doing pencils first. I do plenty of sketches and but do the final product in just ink. I've done a few of the drawings in colour rendered in photoshop. I think I prefer them just in black and white. I hope the drawings coupled with the text take you to a head space that lets your imagine do the rest. I think the human imagination can come up with more vivid colours than can be produced by one person's hand.

My first blog

Well, everyone. This is my first blog. I'm hoping to start adding in a back catalogue of older work to get me started and start working through my present day journey of illustrating texts. But, while I'm gathering the older bits and bobs together I'll start my blog off with my latest.

I'm currently writing/illustrating the story of the Mighty Orange Peel. The world of O, the main protagonist, and Bansho Island City, his home town, has been growing like a weed in my brain for almost 15 years. I don't believe that it will be finished in a oner. Something this big will continue to pass in seasons; growing, resting, germinating, growing and eventually blossoming into something sweet and juicy for others to digest. Here are two illustrations that I've drawn of O and his best friend, Ben.

As I draw I write, scribbling characteristics and details of the characters that may or may not weave their way into the eventual narrative. Mostly, these little details help make the characters real in my head, making writing about them as easily as if I was telling you about a memory of my own.