Ten Years of JADPRO Covers
June 19, 2020
Harborside, the Publisher of JADPRO (Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology) is celebrating it’s 10th anniversary issue. The design team created a publication with a cover collage featuring the more than 50 illustrations done by DNA over the years.
Custom Illustration: What to Expect
June 9, 2020
Every projects starts the same way. We listen to your needs. We ask questions, and then we think through possible solutions. Initial analysis of the problem is one of the most important steps in the process. Think of us as a member of your team. We do more than provide a pretty picture - we shape the information presented to suit your goals for that image. After this, we will develop pencil sketches. These may be initial concept roughs or more finished sketches breaking a process into steps. Whatever is needed for your project. Then begins a series of proofing. We make edits and revisions in our sketches until it's right, and only then do we move on to color. Color images are sent for final approvals before the finished image is delivered. All files are high resolution and print ready.
June 2020 JADPRO cover illustration
June 1, 2020
This issue’s cover illustration depicts how damage to NTRK genes can lead to fusion proteins that cause unregulated cellular growth. Larotrectinib binds to a dimerized TRKC fusion protein and consequently stops the signaling cascades that would have followed.
Quarantine Art: Beetles Series
March 31, 2020
During the quarantine, I took some time to have fun with some illustrations of beetles: check it out!
Floppy Infant Syndrome
March 15, 2020
Floppy infant syndrome (FIS) is a terrible condition characterized by hypotonia, or low muscle tone. The challenge with this series of illustrations was to show the baby in diagnostic positions without making it too cold or clinical. It had to be correct, but sympathetic. This pose was drawn with several hand positions, but ultimately we settled on this pose which shows a second steadying hand above the baby.
Tidsskriftet
February 3, 2020
They wanted a patient who was at least 50. And of color. For a publication in Norway. And everything about that was awesome.
Asian Journal of Chemistry
February 1, 2020
Dr. Bugarin, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Physics contacted me about creating a cover for a journal article on the simple photoinduced synthesis of Anilides to be featured in the Asian Journal of Chemistry.
Graft vs Host Disease
November 16, 2019
Medical illustration on Graft vs Host disease (GVHD) for a biotech company out of the Netherlands.
Exosomes
August 22, 2019
This innovative company uses these cell free biologics for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders.
Spaceman! Illustration for Duluth Trading Company
August 3, 2019
It's not often a medical illustrator gets to do something so wildly outside of their specialty...but I got a call from an art director at Duluth Trading Company who liked the technical nature of my work...she decided to give me a go and it's been so. much. fun.
Oncology Nurse Advisor
July 1, 2019
Many breast cancer survivors experience lymphedema in their arm on the side where lymph nodes have been removed. This article explored techniques for measuring swelling - specifically the sensitivity of bioimpedance spectroscopy as compared to a tape measure.
External Muscles of the Torso
March 3, 2019
Medical illustration of the musculature of the arm and torso created for Abbott Nutrition on the subject of muscle loss.
Alexandra Webber, Founder and Owner of DNA Illustrations, Featured in Contemporary OB/GYN
October 1, 2018
Contemporary OB/GYN featured Alexandra Webber and her work in their article "Top medical illustrations of 2018."
Dry Eye Syndrome
August 26, 2018
How many artists have a fascination with drawing an eye? You know - just the one.
Kill fees
July 16, 2018
I was assigned to do a piece on pain. Not a specific pain, but something to show the generalized nature of pain. I had multiple comps...many sketches. And we decided on a direction. Plain, simple and to the point. I finished, and then the job was cancelled. And now there is another type of pain.
Diving Medical Accupuncture
April 19, 2018
Sometimes, a project comes along that it a little outside of your sphere, and this was certainly one of those. Over the course of several months, I did illustrations for a book that dealt with the clinical treatment of conditions caused by diving with acupuncture.
Happy Birthday to The Pill
November 1, 2017
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the oral contraceptive pill, I was asked by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society to help create an infographic with their talented graphic designer Maria Gonzalez. The inspiration came from a sculpture of Venus in the British Museum in London.
