Veronica Falconieri Hays recently illustrated the feature article A Visual Guide to the Coronavirus for the July 2020 issue of Scientific American. Catch the complete online version here: A Visual Guide to the Coronavirus.
Digital Media World profiled Veronica Falconieri Hays in their recent article, Illustrators Bridging Animation and Medical Science. In the interview, Veronica discusses entering the medical illustration field, the goals of her work, and the primary tools that she uses to create accurate scientific and medical visuals.
Veronica Falconieri Hays was recently interviewed by Animation Magazine about medical illustration, animation, and her career path. In the interview she talks about visualizing SARS-CoV-2 (the virus the causes COVID-19), how she got into the field, and her tips for aspiring medical and scientific artists. Read more in Animated People: How Veronica Falconieri Hays Melds Art and Medicine.
On Tuesday, April 21st at 12pm ET, 9am PT, Veronica will be presenting Cellular Visualization with Cinema4D for Maxon’s Virtual NAB 2020 Show on C4DLive.com. Veronica will be going “behind the scenes” on two projects to show how she used Maxon Cinema4D. First, she’ll demonstrate how she created a cellular landscape based on microscopy of the developing brain for this journal cover. Key features will be Mograph Cloners, Effectors, and Volume Tools. Veronica will also Read more…
Falconieri Visuals medical and scientific animation demo reel is now live! Falconieri Visuals specializes in cellular, molecular, and Mechanism of Action (MoA) animations. Clips included: Viruses, DNA double strand break, pipette on cryo-em grid, tumor growth, angiogenesis, cell lysis, ferritin, gpcr, receptor binding, cell membrane receptors, dendritic cells, t cells, microtubules, membrane fusion, viral entry, influenza, flu, cytokines, cell signalling, cytoskeleton, receptor tyrosine kinase, cell membrane, immunotherapy
Falconieri Visuals created this visual explainer of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein for medical illustrators. View full size. Do you see any issues? If so, please contact us.
Not just one but two illustrations by Falconieri Visuals were awarded a Citation of Merit in the BioCommunication Association’s annual competition, BioImages 2019! You can see both award winning pieces below. “How Do Nerves Send Signals?” Citation of Merit, Medical Illustration “Whose Bone Is it, Anyway?” Citation of Merit, Natural Science Illustration
I had a great time yesterday presenting to members of the 500 Women Scientists DC Pod. It’s always inspiring to connect with scientists and talk about their research, especially those of 500 WS DC – they’re passionate advocates for science in addition to being brilliant scientists. For those who weren’t able to make the event, I’ve put together PDFs of my Top Tips for Visual #SciComm slides and my recommended resources list, linked below. I Read more…
A selection of the ZBrush techniques that I demonstrated at the GNSI conference are described in this PDF handout. Feel free to connect if you have questions!
It was great seeing everyone at the Association of Medical Illustrator’s Conference in Austin this year! For those who couldn’t get to the embedded Python Molecular Viewer (ePMV) Technique Showcase with myself, Graham Johnson, and Fabian de Kok-Mercado, here are the PDF documents. Building a Complex Virus Using Cryo-Electron Microscopy Data and Creating a Coarse Molecular Surface from Metaballs These two tutorials use different approaches to create molecular surface models in Cinema4D from data imported Read more…