Visualizing the Biological http://www.micromacroart.com/blog Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:51:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Site moved! http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2010/03/site-moved/ http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2010/03/site-moved/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:51:55 +0000 mreinke http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/?p=763 I’ve officially moved my blog and website to: www.michellereinke.com

I’ll continue to post new work, techniques, in-progress shots, articles of interest, etc at the new site, but no more updates here.

]]> http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2010/03/site-moved/feed/ 0 Inner Ear Earrings arrived! http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2010/03/inner-ear-earrings-arrived/ http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2010/03/inner-ear-earrings-arrived/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:57:06 +0000 mreinke http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/?p=759 Very exciting today: I received the most recent order from Shapeways of the inner ear pendant/earrings.  After 2 other manufacture tests, I believe I’ve finally gotten both the size and other imperfections worked out.  The pendant (to be posted later) is actual size.  The earrings (below) are smaller, only for aesthetic reasons, but are still anatomically accurate representations of this fantastic piece of anatomy inside our heads.  The inner ear, with its semi-circular canals and cochlea allows us our sense of hearing and balance.

The material is stainless steel.  I have yet to bend or break them.

To be posted soon on etsy (tell your science – musician friends!):

Both the right and left vetibulocochlear (that's a mouthful!) apparatuses, in earring form

The backs of the vestibulocochlear earrings

]]> http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2010/03/inner-ear-earrings-arrived/feed/ 0 Fimbriae painting http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2010/02/fimbriae-painting/ http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2010/02/fimbriae-painting/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:03:30 +0000 admin http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/?p=756 I finished a fallopian tube fimbriae painting.  This one began as a typical anatomical study, but I let composition and such get the better of me, so that it became more abstract and less purely anatomical than others.  In the medical illustration world, it would be more of an editorial piece than anything.  Far too much fun to do!

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Here’s a picture!

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This portrays the pulling/dissecting up of the gallbaldder from the liver bed.  It’s actually kind of a bloody mess; it’s not like the gallbladder just sits and hangs out by the liver, it becomes tightly invested in it via connective tissue and small vessels.

The checked background is the default background in photoshop, letting you know what’s transparent and what’s not.  I’d probably leave that out next time.

The original drawing, scanned and masked

Initial masking and tonal development

More finessing of tonal base and vignetting

even more tonal finessing

Rough color study - see the blood?

Refined color choices and flat masking

The final - more vignetting, adjustment of tone, and more color variation, and highlights.

It needed to be clear that it’s not the prettiest thing to happen in the body, but didn’t want to get gory.  The final looks rather watercolorish in some respects.

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Thanks, Chris Davis.

Ear sketch

]]> http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2010/01/ear-sketch/feed/ 0 Portfolio update: cochleas http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2010/01/portfolio-update-cochleas/ http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2010/01/portfolio-update-cochleas/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:26:14 +0000 mreinke http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/?p=733 I’ve posted stills of the cochleas in my portfolio — give them a look!

]]> http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2010/01/portfolio-update-cochleas/feed/ 0 Portfolio update: Sarcomere Poster http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2010/01/portfolio-update-sarcomere-poster/ http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2010/01/portfolio-update-sarcomere-poster/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:09:11 +0000 mreinke http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/?p=731 Finished Sarcomere/Myofibril/Muscle poster added to the portfolio! Click on the image to see it in context:

Sarcomere: Architecture and Function

]]> http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2010/01/portfolio-update-sarcomere-poster/feed/ 0 Merry Christmas! and Animation http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2009/12/merry-christmas-and-animation/ http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2009/12/merry-christmas-and-animation/#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:38:01 +0000 mreinke http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/?p=726 Merry Christmas!

Here’s a short animation to inspire some holiday cheer, made in cinema 4D.

Merry Christmas, 2009 from Michelle Reinke on Vimeo.

]]> http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2009/12/merry-christmas-and-animation/feed/ 0 Heart painting http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2009/12/heart-painting/ http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2009/12/heart-painting/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:12:26 +0000 mreinke http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/?p=720 Recently finished is a small study of the internal heart wall – specifically the trabeculae carneae formations that run rampid in both ventricles.  Their function?  Opinions seem to vary, but they probably aid in contraction and the prevention of too much suction, besides offering a lovely visual surprise when you first dissect a real heart.

For anyone interested in other unique views of the heart, a priceless collection of videos is available via a University of Minnesota project: http://www.vhlab.umn.edu/atlas/index.shtml Not only can you look at internal structures from a myriad of angles, but you can also choose from a range of different hearts, which really underscores how common variations in structrues can be.

Heart TrabeculaeAvailable for purchase on etsy.

]]> http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2009/12/heart-painting/feed/ 0 Inner Ear in 3D http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2009/12/inner-ear-in-3d/ http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2009/12/inner-ear-in-3d/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:23:39 +0000 mreinke http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/?p=715 I rendered out the vestibulocochlear model and threw it into VRWorx, a simple little program that doesn’t offer the best interactive features, but is great for simply displaying a model or virtual scene.

InnerEar_bony (Object)

InnerEar_endo (Object)

]]> http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2009/12/inner-ear-in-3d/feed/ 0 Sarcomere poster, nearly finished http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2009/11/sarcomere-poster-nearly-finished/ http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2009/11/sarcomere-poster-nearly-finished/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:13:33 +0000 mreinke http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/?p=711 Happy thanksgiving all! Below is a poster about body tissues you probably weren’t using much today – skeletal muscle!

There was a final crit earlier this week on histology posters – I delved into the sarcomere and myofibril, the fun little network of contractile proteins within the muscle cell responsible for movement.  There are still adjustments to be done (color balance, too many warms), but all in all, is nearly done.

Projects like this always serve as a good lesson for everything that is not yet known about the human body. Actin and Myosin? Their stories have been told very well, but the Z disk and M line? not nearly as easy to research. There are always more proteins and elements than you originally assume, which if nothing else, certainly keep things interesting.

Muscle_Poster_web

]]> http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2009/11/sarcomere-poster-nearly-finished/feed/ 2 More vestibulo-cochlear apparati http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2009/11/more-vestibulocochleas/ http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2009/11/more-vestibulocochleas/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:17:13 +0000 mreinke http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/?p=705 Here are more finished renders of the lovely vestibulocochlear apparatus, and it’s internal endolymph (paralymph not shown) fluid system.  Those black shadows c4d loves are harder to change than you’d think, even after messing with shadow and ambient occlusion colors.

bony_cochleaendolymp

]]> http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2009/11/more-vestibulocochleas/feed/ 0 Editorial http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2009/11/editorial/ http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/2009/11/editorial/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:13:26 +0000 mreinke http://www.micromacroart.com/blog/?p=701 Below is an editorial project for a selected journal cover – the article this image relates to was about Still’s heart murmer, fairly common in school age children.  It’s a fascinating benign murmer that was likened to the sound of an Aeolian harp – this if this harmless murmer is heard in children, they can be told they have a musical heart.  This author’s theory was that the blood flowing through the chordae tendinae of the right ventricle produced the characteristic pitch and humming sound.

And for all you curious ones out there, here’s an actual recording of one:http://www2.umdnj.edu/~shindler/still.html

editorial_compB_flat

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