Music to Your Ears: Understanding the Ascending Auditory Pathways
How does sound get to our brains? This “neuro-portrait” aims to answer that question with a two-page editorial spread on the ascending auditory pathways.
Scroll down to see how this piece came together!
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Procreate, Adobe Illustrator, Autodesk Maya
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Dr. Shelley Wall (University of Toronto)
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Two-page magazine spread targeted to an educated lay-audience
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Coursework
Ideation:
Collecting photographic references, research, and maquette creation.
Photographic references for the portrait, positioning, and flute.
I sourced public domain assets from NIH3D for the skull and brain, and created a maquette with my desired cross-sections in Maya.
I then overlaid image planes for each level of section to correctly place structures during the drafting process.
Drafting:
Creating initial sketches and iterating with feedback.
Initial portrait sketch.
Draft with whole brain in-situ.
Draft with brain in section, with ear anatomy.
Comprehensive sketch with basic layout.
Final draft.
Rendering:
Creating the final assets.
Portrait with flute and brain in-situ.
Ear anatomy inset.
Brain inset for pathway.
Final:
Composing the final layout for a two-page magazine spread.
