Digital Illustration and Animation
"Noble Native Pollinators: Bees of the Tall Grass Prairie" This interpretive panel illustration was created for the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve owned and run by the University of Illinois Biological Sciences Department. The panel depicts three species of bees and their nesting habits.
Canal Street Railroad Bridge Animation. This bridge, located at Ping Tom park is one of the last vertical lift bridges in the entire Chicago area.
Conceptual illustration for "Animal forensic genetics," written by Carolina Cuellar. Science Notes 2021
Opening Doors at the End of Life: the Potential of Psychedelics in Palliative Care Digital Media. Terminally ill patients often struggle with anxiety and depression after learning their time on earth is more limited than they may have thought. A number of drugs are being studied to help alleviate these patients of this psychological pain and allow them to come to terms with death and make the most of their remaining time. The most prominent drug is derived from the fungus Psilocybin cubensis, also known as magic mushrooms.
Rabbit Thorax layer excerpt illustrated for anatomy mobile application developed by University of Georgia—Athens. Photoshop. Fall 2015.
"Protecting Grand Beach Marsh" Informational Pamphlet on the nature trails near Grand Beach, Michigan and why preserving the surrounding forest is so important for protecting the local ecology.
Full Updated Asset from Bloodflow Animation for University of Georgia —Athens. Created in 2015 and updated in 2018. Illustrated in Photoshop and animated in After Effects.
Alveolar Capillary Animation Asset. 2015. Asset for ebook published by University of Georgia.
Cut-away diagram of the paleovalleys found under the surface of the Sierra Navada and how it feeds water into the surrounding aquifer system. Illustrated for Bay Nature Magazine's Winter 2021 Issue. Photoshop, Illustrator.
Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii) is native to the warm dry climates of the North American southwest. Like their cousins, one of their most prominent features is their "topknot" is made of six black feathers and this species is noted for its blue-grey plumage and the male's black patch of feathers on the lower breast. Sketched on coquille and colorized in Photoshop. Fall 2020.
"In Plain Sight" panel represents various fauna that thrive in the dry sand prairie habitat. This prairie depicted on the panel is populated with dewberry shrubs, bluestem grasses and jack pine trees that feed and house eastern box turtles, Kirtland's warbler and the short-tailed shrew.
Ecological Succession at Indiana Dune National park. This cutaway shows the gradual reclamation of vegetation and building of soil over catastrophic disturbances as seen at the Indiana Dunes National park.
"Whats a Keystone Species?" Interpretive panel exploring the importance of protecting seemingly common animals for the benefit of rare and endangered species located higher on the food chain.
Animation of blood flowing through a crocodilian’s heart above water and how it changes as it submerges.