A KYU Design

I must have been a geologist in a former life because I will actually take artistic pictures of rock strata...while on vacation...for fun. A recent vacation to the Ouachitas in Arkansas reminded me it's time to post a few illustrations with rock strata. Spending time in nature really helps lend some credence and beauty to these oil and gas illustrations.
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Even something gross like hyperemesis gravidarum (nausea and vomiting during pregnancy) can be beautifully illustrated. Medical and scientific illustration often needs an eye that can turn the "ick factor" into the "it factor". It's a pleasure to work among the few that can call themselves medical illustrators.

From a technique standpoint, it's no mystery that I like fractals. They are fun to create but they add a very fluid, ethereal, almost magical energy to any illustration. In this case they were used to represent nausea. The excited part of the brainstem is the trigger center for emesis.