How It Works - Extinction, Ecosytems, & Traffic Jams
Digital Art, Drawing, Illustration
2012
These illustrations for How It Works Magazine demonstrate the ways in which graphics and text can be integrated together to create features that are simultaneously compelling and educational.
  • How It Works - Extinction, Ecosystems, & Traffic Jams
    These illustrations for How It Works Magazine demonstrate the ways in which graphics and text can be integrated together to create features that are simultaneously compelling and educational. Note how each illustration is created in a style that best suits the particular topic. From the detailed, technical illustration demonstrating the science behind shock absorbers in cars to the highly conceptual illustration of  the long chain of events set off by the extinction of the dinosaurs 65.5 million years ago. Each illustration is shown in isolation and then within the magazine layout.
  • The asteroid credited with killing the dinosaurs set off a long series of cataclysmic events. Modeled using Eon Vue and digitally painted with Adobe Photoshop for How It Works Magzine.
  • A look inside a thriving pond ecosystem, where herons, frogs, fish, dragonflies, and more thrive. Created for How It Works magazine using Eon Vue and painted in Adobe Photoshop.
  • A cutaway look inside the shock absorbers of a car. A piston within the pressure tube allows hydraulic fluid to filter through, damping vibrations. Modeled using Cinema 4d and digitally painted with Adobe Photoshop for How It Works magazine.
  • Traffic jams can start from a minor miscalculation by one driver. This illustration shows a step-by-step breakdown of a highway slow-down. Modeled using Eon Vue and Cinema 4d for How It Works Magazine.