Cranial Nerves III, IV, VI
Purpose
This neuroanatomy textbook spread explores the structure and function of cranial nerves III, IV, & VI, while also depicting the extraocular muscles and the bones of the skull that make up the orbit.
Client
Shelley Wall
Date
April 2022
Team
Amy Assabgui
Michie Wu
Medium
Textbook spread
Tools
Photoshop, Procreate, Illustrator, Figma
Primary Audience
Neuroanatomy students
Research, Preliminary Layout, & Line Art
This project was split into two main roles, researcher/line artist and render. My teammate, Michie Wu, played the first role in this project by researching the topic, creating the sketches and line art for the spread, then creating a preliminary layout for the illustrations with copy within the constraints of stylesheet for the neuroanatomy textbook.
Rendering
Once handed the line art from my teammate, I began to render the illustrations based on references such as Thieme and Grant’s Atlas. I began by filling in structures with base colours, which I selected from the style sheet, and added additional colours to add shadows and highlights - creating sense of depth and form.
Refined Layout
Once rendering was complete, I compiled and labeled all of the assets in Illustrator, making minor adjustments to the layout as needed.
References
Agur, A. M., & Dalley, A. F. (2017). Grant's atlas of anatomy (14th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
Agur, A. M., & Dalley, A. F. (2019). Moore's essential clinical anatomy (6th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
Marieb, E. N., Wilhelm, P. B., & Mallatt, J. (2017). Human Anatomy (8th ed.). Pearson Education.
Schuenke, M., Schulte, E., Schumacher, U., Gilroy A. M., & Macpherson B. R. (2016). Thieme Atlas of anatomy (3rd ed.). Thieme.
Schuenke, M., Schulte, E., Schumacher, U., MacPherson, B., & Stefan, C. (2016). Thieme Atlas of Anatomy: Head, Neck, and Neuroanatomy (2nd ed.). Thieme.