Cutaneous Melanoma
Purpose
To communicate the signs, disease progression, and prevention strategies for melanoma.
Clients
Dave Mazerski & Dr. John Wong
Date
December 2021
Medium
Infographic
Tools
Photoshop, Procreate, Illustrator, Maya
Primary Audience
Educated lay
Tissue Landscape & Tissue Cube Studies
The project began with quick studies of skin at the cellular and tissue levels. From there, tissue cube studies of the melanoma disease progression were created.
Rough & Comprehensive Sketches
Once a rough layout was chosen, it was later refined into a black and white comprehensive sketch. At this point, the accuracy of the piece was assessed by pathologist Dr. John Wong, and the go-ahead was given for the final fully-rendered and coloured piece.
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