April 2009 Archives
This is once again for Bi Sci 002. I had to explain how gene therapy works, so I had to dumb it down just a tad for non-biology majors after I understood the process myself. It was going to be pretty boring until I came across a profile photo of President Garfield, which sort of colored the feel of the whole thing. I still need to add another panel that will be a closeup of the cell at the end, but here it is for now. Turn your speakers up for full effect.
This was also done for BiSci 002. I drew this right in Flash using a Wacom tablet. Sort of a wide angle lens perspective, but it gets the idea across to show the process. I used a screenshot of this in the CSI comic I did posted previously. (click image for larger view)
This was done for BiSci 002 as well. We needed an illustration that simplifies the process of cloning sheep for intro biology students. (click image for larger view)
That's the title of my cartoon I did to show how DNA fingerprinting is used in crime scene investigation. This was created for BiSci 002's Genetics module. Prior to this Michael Troyan had a single image showing a chalk outline of a body and a diagram to explain how samples were taken and analyzed. We talked about actually fleshing out a story in comic book form (sort of) to explain the process instead. I wrote the story as I went, illustrating each panel as I decided where the story would go and actually changed the ending a few times, but I think it works. It was a "big hit" when it was shown in class last week. Check it out:
