Lately, I've gotten to do some scientific illustrations, and I'm a bit of a science geek, so it has been lots of fun. Biology and physics were about the only two classes I stayed awake for in high school. The below poster "Cellular Respiration" is being hung in biology classes in secondary schools across the UK, so I tried my hardest to make a very complex and hard-to-learn system look at least somewhat cool. I hope this helps kids study, and I also hope I get to do more science related stuff in 2012.
These first two images are layout/illustrations for Wellcome Trust's publication, 'BigPicture'. The magazine (left) is A4 and includes a foldout A1 poster (right). Bringing cutting-edge science into the classroom and published twice a year, 'Big Picture' is a free post-16 resource for teachers that explores issues around biology and medicine. You can download a PDF of the poster and issue for free.
Next up are two illustrations for the latest issue of Wellcome News, followed by the original sketch for the neuron illustration. A free, low-res PDF of the entire issue is available here.
