How to Create Anatomical Illustrations

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Topic

The course aims to help medical and dental students in how to create high-quality digital or non- digital (artistic) illustrations for presentations/thesis. The practical course is consists of two main parts: During the seminars, students learn about the digital open source (GIMP, KRITA, etc.) programs and tools. These programs help to easily and quickly create pictures, flowcharts, and explanatory illustrations. Furthermore, we will show how to use other hand tools (chalk, pencil, charcoal, paint, etc.) which can be used to artistically create drawings primarily on paper or canvas. During the practices (two weekend mornings), the students have opportunity to create a digital and an artistic illustration about anatomical or histological preparations in the dissection room. The instructors and guests teachers from the art faculty actively help and participate in the creation of the illustrations. With the help of the practice supervisors, the students not only get a better understanding of the anatomical situs, but also gain a skill that they can use very widely both as a student and as a medical doctor. Since the practices do not only build on a knowledge base, these also provide students with a form of relaxation and self-expression.

Lectures

Practices

• 1.

  Introduction and practicing of how to use pogrammes to create a digital illustration 1

  - Pytel Bence, Márton Zsombor Sándor, Kovács László Ákos
• 2.

  Introduction and practicing of how to use pogrammes to create a digital illustration 2

  - Kovács László Ákos, Márton Zsombor Sándor, Pytel Bence
• 3.

  Create a digital illustration 1.

  - Pytel Bence, Márton Zsombor Sándor, Kovács László Ákos
• 4.

  Create a digital illustration 2.

  - Kovács László Ákos, Pytel Bence, Márton Zsombor Sándor
• 5.

  Create a digital illustration 3.

  - Márton Zsombor Sándor, Pytel Bence, Kovács László Ákos
• 6.

  Introduction and practicing of how to use artist tools to draw/create a picture/illustration 1

  - Kovács László Ákos, Pytel Bence, Márton Zsombor Sándor
• 7.

  Introduction and practicing of how to use artist tools to draw/create a picture/illustration 2

  - Kovács László Ákos, Pytel Bence, Márton Zsombor Sándor
• 8.

  Create an illustration/picture with artist tools 1

  - Kovács László Ákos, Pytel Bence, Márton Zsombor Sándor
• 9.

  Create an illustration/picture with artist tools 2

  - Pytel Bence, Kovács László Ákos, Márton Zsombor Sándor
• 10.

  Create an illustration/picture with artist tools 1

  - Kovács László Ákos, Pytel Bence, Márton Zsombor Sándor

Seminars

• 1.

  How to use programmes (GIMP, KRITA) to create (anatomical) illustrations

  - Kovács László Ákos
• 2.

  How to use artist tools (pen, pencil, charcoal, paint) to create an anatomical picture/illustration

  - Kovács László Ákos

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Seminar presentations material

Notes

See the recommended books

Recommended literature

Jenő Barcsay: Anatomy for the artist

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

In order to accept the semester, it is necessary to create two illustrations, which can be digital or artistic (based on agreement). Attendance at 85% of the practices.

Mid-term exams

At the end of each series of exercises, the instructors check and help the students' work

Making up for missed classes

there is no possibility of replacement

Exam topics/questions

The final mark is made up of the average of the marks of the two submitted illustrations/work

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Kovács László Ákos
• Márton Zsombor Sándor
• Pytel Bence