I'm Julia Stack
AKA DRAWBONES
WHO AM I?
I am Julia and I love Biomedical Visualization. What is “Biomedical Visualization”? Well it can be called “Medical Illustration” and traditionally involved drawings and illustrations for textbooks and journal articles etc. Now almost everything is done on the computer but I still like to sketch with paper and pencil.
MY BACKGROUND.
I earned my M.S. from the University of Illinois at Chicago in Biomedical Visualization, one of only 4 accredited programs for medical illustration in North America. Click here to see my Graduate Project Research
I earned my B.S. from the University of Arizona in Physiological Sciences. Physiology is the study of how your body and cells work. I took almost every science class imaginable and ended up with a minor in Chemistry. I also minored in Studio Art.
MY STYLE.
I believe my style is creative and different from what you may think of from medical illustrators. Work accurately created using 3D is the future of my profession. It’s really fun to play with 3D software such as Cinema 4D and ZBrush. I also enjoy the creation of beautiful 2D illustrations in Photoshop and Illustrator.
Julia Stack
Certified Medical Illustrator
I'm living the PNW life with kids and husband. I also enjoy historical costuming, knitting, farmers markets, and cooking/baking.
What software do I use?
I work on a Mac
Here’s some of the software I poke at:
- Adobe CC – Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffects, Premiere Pro
- Corel – Painter
- MAXON – Cinema 4D (with ePMV plug-in and X-Particles)
- Pixologic – ZBrush
- OsiriX
My Work
Chest Device
3D ARTWORKLung scan
2D artworkCardioConnect
3D ARTWORK, DesignVR Storyboard for Lab project
Storyboards, VRKinect scan self
3D ARTWORKBone scan
3D ARTWORK3d Vessels from scan data
3D ARTWORKVR storyboards for CPR project
Storyboards, VRZbrush Skull
3D ARTWORKAnatomy practice
3D ARTWORK3D ovary
3D ARTWORKSpine surgery step
2D artworkSpine surgery
2D artworkPuncture of Vessel
2D artworkSetup step
2D artworkVR Storyboards for Fetal Surgery project
Storyboards, VRVR storyboards for Heart Attack project
2D artwork, Storyboards, VRRenovoRX animation
Animation, DesignChild Brain
2D artworkAntibody
3D ARTWORKPill Counting Tray
3D ARTWORKTorso Skeleton
3D ARTWORKLungs
2D artworkFetal Illustration
2D artworkFOOT ILLUSTRATION
2D artworkPhotosynthesis Coloring Page
DesignANATOMY FIGURES
2D artworkStent
2D artworkProkaryotic Cell
DesignHeart
2D artworkZika
3D ARTWORKEveo
AnimationUIC Grad storyboards
StoryboardsPill warning
DesignReflex
2D artworkFrostbite Animation
3D ARTWORK, AnimationDeciduous Teeth
DesignTowel Clip
2D artworkAfter Brodel
2D artworkBrain in Jar
3D ARTWORK
Some Fun Facts
What I do
Biomedical Visualization
Biomedical Visualization
Biomedical Visualization
Medical Illustration
Medical Illustration
Certified Medical Illustrator
Medical Animation
Medical Animation
I sometimes get to work on animation projects.
Visual Science
Visual Science
Visual Science Specialist
From the Sketchbook
Stack
Just playing around with Cinema 4D.
Gumballs
From the super cool GreyscaleGorilla tutorial How To Model, Texture, and Light A Gumball Machine
Go make one for yourself!
White gumballs are my favorite, well at least for 5 seconds until they lose all their flavor/sugar.