Carbon Dust Skull

 
Labeled scientific illustration of the human skull from an anterolateral view. Labels include the skull bones, sutures, and foramina.
Scientific illustration of the human skull from an anterolateral view. This realistic, tonal, black and white illustration was drawn using carbon dust.

Client: Professor David Mazierski
Year: 2019
Media: Carbon dust, Adobe Illustrator


Carbon dust is a traditional medium that was widely used for scientific illustration in the twentieth century. This piece was created to learn this traditional medium and the detailed anatomy of the skull, as well as to practice tonal rendering.

References

Academic Sources

Agur, A. M. R., and Dalley, A. F. 2008. Grant’s Atlas of Anatomy, 12th ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer. Fig. 7.2: Cranium, facial (front) aspect, Fig. 7.3: Cranium, lateral aspect, and Fig. 7.4: Cranium, occipital aspect, calvaria, and anterior part of posterior cranial fossa.

Visual References

Artificial skull provided by the Biomedical Communications Program at the University of Toronto. 3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga. Accessed October 10, 2019.