DIAGRAM

MEDICAL DIAGRAMS

INVESTIGATING Historical and contemporary medical diagrams to get some ideas of the conventional codes for my poster and how I can 'fit in' to this area.

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Sculpture has been used as diagram: used to teach in medical school, a functional tool where the student can see the different organs - they can be removed and re-ordered to test knowledge.
KIND OF LIKE OPERATION! THE BOARD GAME.

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Friendly and fun approach to anatomy diagram! I love these! Very illustrative. Great use of character and making factual information more exciting for a younger audience.

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The restricted colour palette works really well too, separating the different areas of study (respiratory, cardiovascular etc) whilst still using the same visual signature and compositional guide. The artist has differentiated and coded the posters with colour. It also makes them more interesting visually - they're all different because they've different colour palettes.

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I've no clue what this is but I like it. The tongue is gross but it's just very silly and playful and makes me think of Mr Potato Head. TURNING A SUBJECT ON ITS HEAD.

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THIS CONCEPT HAS A FUNCTION AND A PURPOSE. It's biological dissection without the animal cruelty - very clever!

POSTER THOUGHTS

Looking at Latin words to label my medical condition (gives me butterflies)

Phagia = eating (Parasitic, painful anxiety element. I wish I'd made my butterflies more realistic or in their consumption of the INSIDES... not necessarily creepy but at least a little gross).

stomachus-phagia Rhopalocera
(stomach-eating butterfly)