Dermatology Surgical Excision

Detail of anatomical Illustration

Overview

Project Sponsor: Dr. Andrew Affleck, Consultant Dermatologist and Dermatological Surgeon

Medical Artist: Annie Campbell, Educational Resource developer

Dr. Andrew Affleck came to TILT with a few medical illustration requests to help add to his presentation on the Mohs surgical technique. His visually rich presentation included fantastic patient case studies, however lacked the appropriate illustrations needed to tell the story of the procedure. This was a pretty straightforward request and our resident medical illustrator set to work. This short case study covers what her process was and final deliverables.

Dr. Affleck had been using placeholder images and sketches in areas where he wanted new illustrations. Having those examples was extremely useful as it gave us an idea of what he was looking for. Below is a rundown of the illustrations that were to be created:

Fig 1. Tissue cross section (with tumour) illustrating the bevelled edge of the cross section

Fig 2. Illustration showing the procedure of vertical (breadloaf) sections being taken and parts of the cancer being missed by doing this method.

Fig 3. A series of illustrations showing the difference between the Mohs method in comparison to conventional skin excisions

Fig 4. Update design aesthetics of pie chat on slide 62 (untitled)

Dr. Affleck’s sketches and reference images along with their new visual assets created by the TILT medical artist:

Process

Step 1

Annie first started off researching and familiarising with both Mohs and conventional excision procedures. She then created a series of rough sketches to get the basic layout of the final piece down.

Sketch in progress

Step 2

The line work was then cleaned up and tightened in Illustrator. She then produced a rough render in Photoshop to get the values down before moving onto colourising the final piece. 

Sketch in progress

To get the perspective correct, Annie used a 3D program to create the basic shapes before drawing in the general outlines in Photoshop.

Sketch in progress
Sketch in progress

Step 3

Colour and texture was then added to the illustrations in Photoshop.

Sketch in progress

 

 

 

Final Product/s

Final product
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